Mine detail: Los Castros Mine

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Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica, North America
Lat / long: 9.96915, -84.46382
dep_id: 10111394
mrds_id: CS00174
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite
orebody_fm: VEIN
model: 151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Reporter: Howe, Stephen S.; Bagby, William C.; Marsh, Sherman P.
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: ATTWOOD, GEORGE, 1882, ON TEH GEOLOGY OF A PART OF COSTA RICA: GEOL. SOC. LONDON, QUAT. J., V. 38, P. 328-339.
  • Deposit:: REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, NO. 7, P. 211-212.
  • Deposit:: MALOZEMOFF, P., 1942, COSTA RICA [FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON MINING IN LATIN AMERICA]: ENG. MIN. J., V. 143, NO. 8, P. 113-114.
  • Deposit:: VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS, 1986. HUTTL, J. B., 1942, A VISIT TO THE AGUACATE DISTRICT IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 143, NO. 11, P. 60-61.
  • 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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