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Recio Mine

Occurrence in Guanacaste, Costa Rica with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007893
MRDS ID CS00127
Record type Site
Current site name Recio Mine
Alternate or previous names El Recio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.95272, 10.31079 (WGS84)
Relative position 150 KM BY ROAD WEST OF SAN JOSE, 5 KM N OF JUNTAS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guanacaste(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Guanacaste

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification, Clay Alteration Which May Be Supergene

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.95272, 10.31079
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 80 SW
    Width 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Abangares District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Greenstone Resources, Ltd.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7.54 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINEABLE RESERVES; PROJECTED TO BE PRODUCED AT 110 T/DAY OVER 7 YEARS BEGINNING AT END OF 1993.

Comments on the workings information

  • TO BE OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS, 1986.

  • Deposit

    ANON, 1992, EL RECIO: AN INTERGRATED PROJECT: SUPPLEMENT TO MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, AUG. 23, 1992, V. 319, NO. 8188, P. 18.

  • 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 RECIO VEIN STRIKES N 20 E, DIPS 80 SW, AND IS 5 M WIDE, STOCKWORK IN HANGING WALL IS 3 M THICK, IN FOOTWALL IS 2 M THICK; ORE ZONES OCCUR AS PODS IN MAIN VEIN AND AS LOW GRADE IN STOCKWORK.
Deposit SEE SILENCIO MINE MRDS REC. NO. CS00128 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Howe, Stephen S.; Bagby, William C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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