Mine detail: Bajo De Limon Mine

Previously called 'El Bajo Mine'

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Location: San Jose, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.91776, -84.44854
dep_id: 10007955
mrds_id: CS00204
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
hrock_unit: Terraba Formation;Terraba Formation
hrock_type: Black Shale
arock_type: Gabbro
Structure: Breccia Zone
References:
  • Deposit:: DEFILIPPO, R. J., 1974, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES; COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1974, V. 3, P. 1085.
  • Deposit:: SANDOVAL M., FELIPE, 1969, MINING POTENTIAL IN COSTA RICA: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., V. 8, NO. 32, P. 7.
  • Deposit:: NACIONES UNIDAS, 1975, PROYECTO DE INVESTIGACION MINERA, COSTA RICA, TRABAJOS VARIOS (DP/UN/COS-72-004/3), INFORME TECNICO 3, P. 29.
  • Deposit:: ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 91 P.
  • 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.
  • Reserve-Resource:: NACIONES UNIDAS (1975)
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