Mine detail: Recio Mine

Previously called 'El Recio'

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.31079, -84.95272
dep_id: 10007893
mrds_id: CS00127
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Goethite, Jarosite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 151: Epithermal vein, Sado
alteration: Oxidation, Silicification, Clay Alteration Which May Be Supergene
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.; Bagby, William C., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
References:
  • 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.
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