Mine detail: Cerro La Mina Prospect

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Location: Puntarenas, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.04969, -84.65827
dep_id: 10007917
mrds_id: CS00154
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Minor mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Jasper, Pyrite
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 151: Epithermal vein, Sado
alteration: Alteration Zone Of Silicification And Abundant Fe Oxides.
Reporter: Cox, Dennis P.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS 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.
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