El Encanto Prospects

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007902
MRDS ID CS00138
Record type Site
Current site name El Encanto Prospects
Alternate or previous names San Buenaventura Prospects, Rio Aranjuez Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.74161, 10.18302 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puntarenas(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Puntarenas

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES THE VEINS AT RIO ARANJUEZ TO THE N AND THOSE AT SAN BUENAVENTURA TO THE E. NORTH OF MIRAMAR. THE MIRAMAR DISTRICT IS THE MONTE DE ORO DISTRICT OF REITZ (1902). VEINS ARE: FLOR DE MAYO, CENTRAL, DON PAULINO, AND ALTA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.74161, 10.18302

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 Miramar District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rudin And Cia.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, EVAN, 1939, GOLD MINING IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 140, NO. 1, P. 56-58.

  • 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    DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.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 VEINS AND STRIKES ARE: FLOR DE MAYO, N 45 E; CENTRAL, N 60 E; DON PAULINO, N 45-60 E; ALTA, N 55 E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.