| Location: | Alajuela, Costa Rica, North America |
| Lat / long: | 9.97192, -84.46382 |
| dep_id: | 10007934 |
| mrds_id: | CS00172 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold, Silver |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| gangue: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Zeolite |
| orebody_fm: | VEIN |
| model: | 151: Epithermal vein, Sado |
| alteration: | Silicification, Oxidation, Supergene. In Weathered Zone, Andesite Is Bleached, Kaolinitized, And Limonitized . Fe And Mn Oxides Stain Fractures. Sericite, Pyrite. |
| Reporter: | Howe, Stephen S.; Bagby, William C.; Cox, Dennis P., Marsh, Sherman P., Mosier, Dan |
| hrock_unit: | Aguacate Formation |
| hrock_type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Nearly Vertical Fault |
| References: |
- Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS, 1986.
- Deposit:: DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.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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