Mine detail: Isla Violin

Previously called 'Isla ViolinasRio Sierpe'

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Location: Puntarenas, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 8.78448, -83.64158
dep_id: 10090490
mrds_id: CS00267
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter: Cox, Dennis P.
hrock_type: Gravel,Sand and Gravel
References:
  • Deposit:: ASHLEY, B. E., 1965, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN AREAS; COSTA RICA: MINERALS YEARBOOK 1965, V. 4, P. 95.
  • Deposit:: IVOSEVIC, S. W., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF COSTA RIC* SOUTH-CENTRAL OSA PENINSULA PLACER GOLD DISTRICT: TRANS., AM. INST. MIN. METALL. PETROL. ENG., V. 266, P. 1876-1882.
  • Deposit:: CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS, R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS, 1 SHEET.
  • Deposit:: DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.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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