Mine detail: Bella Vista Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long: 10.11358, -84.71244

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Gangue: Galena, Goethite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Structure:Liz Fault
Alteration processes:Silicification, Clays

References

MRDSCS00147
DEP10007911
Reference{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REPORT, P. 9.}{Deposit:: MILLER, C.L., 1966, EXPLORATION OF THE BELLAVISTA AND MONTEZUMA GOLD MINES IN COSTA RICA: UNPUBLISHED REPORTS APRIL-DECEMBER 1966.}
ReporterHowe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.), Page, Norman J.