Mine detail: Rio Chiquito Mine

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.43856, -84.868
dep_id: 10007886
mrds_id: CS00120
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Argentite, Gold
gangue: Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 104: Hot-spring Au-Ag
alteration: Prophylitic, Silicification, Oxidation
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.), Page, Norman J., Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Tuff
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1984. MIN. J., V. 303, NO. 7783, P. 276.
  • Deposit:: DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.
  • Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS, 1986.
  • Deposit:: 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.
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1993, COSTA RICAN GOLD MINE PLANNED: MINING JOURNAL LONDON, OCTOBER 29, 1993, V. 321, NO. 8248, P. 297.
  • Production:: ANON. (1993).
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