Mine detail: El Fuego Mine

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Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.98165, -84.48882
dep_id: 10007929
mrds_id: CS00167
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
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:: REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, NO. 7, P. 211.
  • Deposit:: CHAVES, R., 1974, THE AGUACATE MINES OF COSTA RICA; GEOLOGY AND APPRAISAL: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., ANO 12, NO. 57, P. 5.
  • 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:: REITZ (1902)
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