1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Montes De Oro Prospect

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
D
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007889
MRDS ID CS00123
Record type Site
Current site name Montes De Oro Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.92355, 10.37468 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guanacaste(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Guanacaste

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES VETA EL GALLO, VETA LA CULEBRA, VETA 15, VETA EL RAICERO, AND VETA LOS DOCE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VETA 15 REACHES 20 G/MT

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Aguacate Formation
    Rock description Aguacate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Aguacate Formation
    Rock description Aguacate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.92355, 10.37468
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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    DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VETA EL GALLO STRIKES N 30 W, DIPS 75, AND IS 1.2 M THICK; VETA LA CULEBRA STRIKES N, IS VERTICAL, AND IS 1.8 M THICK; VETA 15 CONTAINS MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ, STRIKES N 30 E, DIPS 70 W, IS 35-50 CM THICK, AND HAS A GRADE OF 20 G/MT AU; VETA EL RAICERO IS YELLOWISH, STRIKES N 25 E, DIPS 70 E, IS 1.0 M THICK, AND CONTAINS VISIBLE GOLD; VETA LOS DOCE CONSISTS OF SIX SEPARATE VEINS, WITH ONE STRIKING N 50 E, DIPPING 48 E, AND 15 CM THICK, AND ANOTHER STRIKING N 40 E, DIPPING 80 E, AND 0.5 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Howe, Stephen S. (Cox, Dennis P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site