Mine detail: Recio Mine

Previously called 'El Recio'

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Location

Lat / long:

10.31079, -84.95272

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Goethite, Jarosite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEIN

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Silicification, Clay Alteration Which May Be Supergene

References

MRDS	CS00127
DEP	10007893
Reference	{Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS, 1986.}{Deposit:: ANON, 1992, EL RECIO: AN INTERGRATED PROJECT: SUPPLEMENT TO MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, AUG. 23, 1992, V. 319, NO. 8188, P. 18.}{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.}
Reporter	Howe, Stephen S.; Bagby, William C., Page, Norman J.