Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formVEIN
Materials
GangueQuartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Aguacate Formation
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationZone Of Silicification And Pyritization. Marsh Indicates Silicification Of Tuffs Near Quartz Veins Only. Goethite Is The Most Common Oxidation Product Of Pyrite.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10007918
MRDS IDCS00155
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates10.0483, -84.56243
References
BENNETT, EVAN, 1939, GOLD MINING IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 140, NO. 1, P. 56-58.VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS 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.