Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formVEIN
Materials
GangueGalena, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
StructureLiz Fault
AlterationSilicification, Clays
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007911
MRDS IDCS00147
Alternate namesMontezuma, Bellavista. Includes the Chimenea, Brocero, Canal, Negra, Blanca, Sin Nombre and Colorado Veins.
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.11358, -84.71244
References
REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, NO. 7, P. 212-213.VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS 1986.ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 91 P.THE NORTHERN MINER, 1986, MIDLAND DISCOVERY COSTA RICAN PROJECT: THE NORTHERN MINER, JULY 7, V. 72, NO. 17, P. 13.U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS, UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, 1987, MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATION SERIES MAP I-1865, 75 P.ANON, 1993, BELLAVISTA PROJECT REASSESSED: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, NOV. 19, 1993, V. 321, P. 344.AMERICAN ENERGY CORPORATION, 1981, CORPORATE PROFILE, 13 P.REA GOLD CORPORATION, 1986, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 9.MILLER, C.L., 1966, EXPLORATION OF THE BELLAVISTA AND MONTEZUMA GOLD MINES IN COSTA RICA: UNPUBLISHED REPORTS APRIL-DECEMBER 1966.