Mine detail: La Britania Prospect

Previously called 'Britannia Prospect'

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Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.97748, -84.47771
dep_id: 10007927
mrds_id: CS00165
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: 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:: HUTTL, J. B., 1942, A VISIT TO THE AGUACATE DISTRICT IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 143, NO. 11, P. 60.
  • 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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