Mine detail: Los Castros Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 9.96915, -84.46382

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated type:Andesite

References

MRDSCS00174
DEP10111394
Reference{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.}
ReporterHowe, Stephen S.; Bagby, William C.; Marsh, Sherman P.