| Location: | Alajuela, Costa Rica, North America |
| Lat / long: | 10.0483, -84.56243 |
| dep_id: | 10007918 |
| mrds_id: | CS00155 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| gangue: | Quartz |
| other_matl: | Pyrite |
| orebody_fm: | VEIN |
| model: | 151: Epithermal vein, Sado |
| alteration: | Zone Of Silicification And Pyritization. Marsh Indicates Silicification Of Tuffs Near Quartz Veins Only. Goethite Is The Most Common Oxidation Product Of Pyrite. |
| Reporter: | Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.), Mosier, Dan |
| hrock_unit: | Aguacate Formation |
| hrock_type: | Andesite |
| arock_type: | Rhyolite |
| References: |
- 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.
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