Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formVEIN
Materials
GangueCalcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10111394
MRDS IDCS00174
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates9.96915, -84.46382
References
ATTWOOD, GEORGE, 1882, ON TEH GEOLOGY OF A PART OF COSTA RICA: GEOL. SOC. LONDON, QUAT. J., V. 38, P. 328-339.REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, NO. 7, P. 211-212.MALOZEMOFF, P., 1942, COSTA RICA [FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON MINING IN LATIN AMERICA]: ENG. MIN. J., V. 143, NO. 8, P. 113-114.VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS, 1986. HUTTL, J. B., 1942, A VISIT TO THE AGUACATE DISTRICT IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 143, NO. 11, P. 60-61.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.