Mine detail: La Trinidad Mine

Location:	Puntarenas, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long:	10.11497, -84.72355
dep_id:	10007910
mrds_id:	CS00146
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Gold
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	VEIN
model:	151: Epithermal vein, Sado
alteration:	Supergene(?), Prophyillitization, Silicification
Reporter:	Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.)
References:	Deposit:: REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, P. 212. Deposit:: BENNETT, EVAN, 1939, GOLD MINING IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 140, P. 56-58. Deposit:: DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.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.