Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formVEIN
Materials
Ore mineralsElectrum, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GangueHematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite
Associated rockDacite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10007895
MRDS IDCS00129
Alternate namesNispero, and Palo Negro Veins., Pedernal, Includes the Tres Hermanos, El Limon, Terciopela, Balsa
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates10.30801, -84.94022
References
REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, NO. 7, P. 213.GIOVANI SOSTO, MINE OWNER, ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1986.ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 91 P.VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS, 1986.ANON., 1994, ARIEL'S SAN MARTIN MINE PROCEEDING ON SCHEDULE: LATIN AMERICAN MINING NEWS, JUNE 8, 1994, P. 52.ANON., 1995, ARIEL LARGEST PRODUCER OF GOLD IN COSTA RICA: THE NORTHERN MINER, MARCH 27, 1995, V. 81, NO. 4, P. B-1 AND B-2.ANON. (1994)