| Lat / long: | 10.0483, -84.56243 |
| Primary: | Gold |
| Secondary: | Silver |
| Gangue: | Quartz |
| Orebody form: | VEIN |
| Other material: | Pyrite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| 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. |
| 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 |