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Cuatro Vientos 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007897
MRDS ID CS00132
Record type Site
Current site name Cuatro Vientos Mine
Alternate or previous names Alajuelita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.95133, 10.29413 (WGS84)
Relative position INCLUDES THE VETA MADRE VEIN.

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 THE VETA MADRE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

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 Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Aguacate Formation
    Rock description Aguacate Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.95133, 10.29413
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Abangares District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Prospector Energy, Inc.; Cia. De Inversiones Cuatro Vientos, S. A.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SHELLEY, ROSARIO, MANGO, AND VILLEGAS TUNNELS ARE ALL ON THE VETA MADRE CONCESSION 558; THE SAN ANDRES TUNNEL IS ON CONCESSION 559, CALLED ALAJUELITA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, 1978, DIAGNOSTICO DEL SECTOR MINERO: SAN JOSE, ORGANIZACION DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS, P. 21-22.

  • Deposit

    CASTILLO M., ROLANDO, 1984, GEOLOGIA DE COSTA RICA; UNA SINOPSIS: SAN JOSE, EDITORIAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA, P. 143.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Cox, Dennis P. U.S. Geological Survey

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