Mine detail: Guapinol Mine

Location:	Alajuela, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long:	9.96915, -84.46382
dep_id:	10007938
mrds_id:	CS00177
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold, Silver
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	VEIN
model:	151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Reporter:	Howe, Stephen S.; Bagby, William C.; Marsh, Sherman P.
disc_yr:	1823
discr:	A Native; Told Oreamunos
References:	Deposit:: REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, NO. 7, P. 211. Deposit:: CRESPI, R. A., 1907, GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGUACATE MINES, COSTA RICA: MIN. WORLD, V. 27, P. 848. 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:: 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:: REITZ (1902)