Mine detail: San Gerardo Mine

Previously called 'Moncada Mine'

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Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.04275, -84.52771
dep_id: 10007921
mrds_id: CS00158
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: POCKETS IN VEIN
model: 151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.
References:
  • Deposit:: BENNETT, EVAN, 1939, GOLD MINING IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 140, NO. 1, P. 56-58.
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., AND IRVING, E. M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA, WITH A SECTION ON MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF PANAMA, BY F. S. SIMONS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, 105 P.
  • 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.
  • Production:: ROBERTS AND IRVING (1957)
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