Mine detail: Moncada Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

10.05386, -84.53187

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Aguacate Formation
Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Aguacate Formation
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Post-Mineralization Faults Are Common
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Oxidation And Supergene (?). Andesite Is Totally Silicified Where Stockwork Quartz Veins Are Dense. Other Alteration Minerals Includes Chlorite, Hematite, Goethite, Jarosite

References

MRDS	CS00153
DEP	10007916
Reference	{Deposit:: BENNETT, EVAN, 1939, GOLD MINING IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 140, NO. 1, P. 56-58.}{Deposit:: GONZALO MONCADA, OWNER, ORAL COMMUNICATION, 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.}
Reporter	Cox, Dennis P.