Mine detail: Boston Mine

Previously called 'Boston-Gongolona-Ano Nuevo Mines. Veins: La LeonaCroppingsLos BerrosVeta De Oro El NanceGaitanLucky StrikeEl HornoEl Tajo.Estelia'

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.30801, -84.91383
dep_id: 10007896
mrds_id: CS00130
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 151: Epithermal vein, Sado
alteration: Sericite, Kaolin-Arcillization; Oxidation.
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.), Page, Norman J.
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1935
References:
  • Deposit:: REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, NO. 7, P. 213.
  • Deposit:: WILLIAM BENNETT, OWNER, ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1986.
  • Deposit:: MADRIGAL, OSCAR, 1983, MINAS BOSTON-GONGOLONA, LAS JUNTAS DE ABANGARES, GUANCASTE, COSTA RICA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, JUNE, 1983, 15 P.
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