Mine detail: San Martin Mine

Previously called 'Tres Amigos MineVeins: San Rafael, Fortuna, Negra, Loca, Pajuila'

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Location: Guanacaste, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 10.29968, -84.92772
dep_id: 10097771
mrds_id: CS00131
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 151: Epithermal vein, Sado
alteration: One Alteration Type Is A Silicification And Pyritization; A Second Type May Be Dominated By Chlorite
Reporter: Cox, Dennis P., Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite
arock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., AND IRVING, E. M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA, WITH A SECTION ON MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF PANAMA, BY F. S. SIMONS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, 105 P.
  • Deposit:: CASTILLO M., ROLANDO, 1984, GEOLOGIA DE COSTA RICA; UNA SINOPSIS: SAN JOSE, EDITORIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, P. 143.
  • Deposit:: GIOVANI SOSTO, MINE OWNER, ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1986.
  • Deposit:: ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 91 P.
  • Deposit:: ANON., 1994, ARIE* SAN MARTIN MINE PROCEEDING ON SCHEDULE: LATIN AMERICAN MINING NEWS, JUNE 8, 1994, P. 52.
  • Production:: ANON. (1994).
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