Mine detail: Zamora Mine

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Location: Puntarenas, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.12886, -84.74577
dep_id: 10007908
mrds_id: CS00144
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.)
hrock_unit: Aguacate Formation
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Aguacate Formation
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Two Fault Zones: One Strikes N 60 E And Is 100 M Wide And The Other Strikes N 25 W And Is 3 M Wide
References:
  • Deposit:: CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIR. GEOL. MINAS, 1 SHEET.
  • Deposit:: CASTILLO M., ROLANDO, 1984, GEOLOGIA DE COSTA RICA; UNA SINOPSIS: SAN JOSE, EDITORIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, P. 143.
  • 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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