| Deposit ID | 10007891 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | CS00125 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gongolona Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Boston-Gongolona-Ano Nuevo Mines. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -84.90272, 10.3219 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Guanacaste(province)
Costa Rica(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Costa Rica | Guanacaste |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Model code | 151 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25d |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Sado |
| Mark3 model number | 28 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Aguacate Formation | ||||||||
| Rock description | Aguacate Formation | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Aguacate Formation |
| Rock description | Aguacate Formation |
| (1) | -84.90272, 10.3219 |
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| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Length | 1000M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Abangares District |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cadminsa |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | CS00125 |
CASTILLO M., ROLANDO, 1984, GEOLOGIA DE COSTA RICA; UNA SINOPSIS: SAN JOSE, EDITORIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, P. 143
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ONE "LARGE" VEIN STRIKING N 45 E. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1986 | Cox, Dennis P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 07-MAR-1995 | Page, Norman J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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