Mine detail: Buena Suerte Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

10.0483, -84.56243

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	VEIN
Other material:	Pyrite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Aguacate Formation
Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Zone Of Silicification And Pyritization. Marsh Indicates Silicification Of Tuffs Near Quartz Veins Only. Goethite Is The Most Common Oxidation Product Of Pyrite.

References

MRDS	CS00155
DEP	10007918
Reference	{Deposit:: BENNETT, EVAN, 1939, GOLD MINING IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 140, NO. 1, P. 56-58.}{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.}
Reporter	Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.), Mosier, Dan