Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formVEIN
Materials
GangueChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Aguacate Formation
Associated rockAndesite · Aguacate Formation
StructurePost-Mineralization Faults Are Common
AlterationSilicification, Oxidation And Supergene (?). Andesite Is Totally Silicified Where Stockwork Quartz Veins Are Dense. Other Alteration Minerals Includes Chlorite, Hematite, Goethite, Jarosite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007916
MRDS IDCS00153
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates10.05386, -84.53187
References
BENNETT, EVAN, 1939, GOLD MINING IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 140, NO. 1, P. 56-58.GONZALO MONCADA, OWNER, ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1986.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.