Puntarenas
Occurrence

Rio Carate

Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Gold
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10090498
MRDS IDCS00296
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates8.44283, -83.4638
References
DENGO, GABRIEL, AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1970, ANOTACIONES AL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE AMERICA CENTRAL: INST. CENTROAM. INVEST. TEC. INDUS. (ICAITI), PUBL. GEOL. ICAITI, NO. 3, P. APPENDIX 2.IVOSEVIC, S. W., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF COSTA RICA'S SOUTH-CENTRAL OSA PENINSULA PLACER GOLD DISTRICT: TRANS., AM. INST. MIN. METALL. PETROL. ENG., V. 266, P. 1876-1882.GUILD, P. W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA; A NUMERICAL LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 858-A, P. 37.CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS, R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS, 1 SHEET.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.