Mine detail: Rio Carate

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Location: Puntarenas, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 8.44283, -83.4638
dep_id: 10090498
mrds_id: CS00296
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S., Mosier, Dan
References:
  • Deposit:: DENGO, GABRIEL, AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1970, ANOTACIONES AL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE AMERICA CENTRAL: INST. CENTROAM. INVEST. TEC. INDUS. (ICAITI), PUBL. GEOL. ICAITI, NO. 3, P. APPENDIX 2.
  • 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:: GUILD, P. W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA; A NUMERICAL LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 858-A, P. 37.
  • 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:: 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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