Mine detail: Bella Vista Mine

Previously called 'MontezumaBellavista. Includes the ChimeneaBroceroCanalNegraBlancaSin Nombre and Colorado Veins.'

Location:	Puntarenas, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long:	10.11358, -84.71244
dep_id:	10007911
mrds_id:	CS00147
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
gangue:	Galena, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
orebody_fm:	VEIN
model:	151: Epithermal vein, Sado
alteration:	Silicification, Clays
Reporter:	Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_type:	Andesite
Structure:	Liz Fault
References:	Deposit:: REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, NO. 7, P. 212-213. Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS 1986. Deposit:: ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 91 P. Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER, 1986, MIDLAND DISCOVERY COSTA RICAN PROJECT: THE NORTHERN MINER, JULY 7, V. 72, NO. 17, P. 13. 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. Deposit:: ANON, 1993, BELLAVISTA PROJECT REASSESSED: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, NOV. 19, 1993, V. 321, P. 344. Deposit:: AMERICAN ENERGY CORPORATION, 1981, CORPORATE PROFILE, 13 P. Deposit:: REA GOLD CORPORATION, 1986, ANNUAL REPORT, P. 9. Deposit:: MILLER, C.L., 1966, EXPLORATION OF THE BELLAVISTA AND MONTEZUMA GOLD MINES IN COSTA RICA: UNPUBLISHED REPORTS APRIL-DECEMBER 1966.