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Rio Barranca Mine

Occurrence in Alajuela, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007919
MRDS ID CS00156
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Barranca Mine
Alternate or previous names Minas Del Barranca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.60272, 10.04691 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alajuela(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Alajuela

Comments on the location information

  • VEINS INCLUDED ARE: VETA ROSA, VETA ANCHA, VETA CALIENTE, AND VETA HORAGIO. VETA ROSA EXTENDS FROM 225300 N, 470350 E TO 225900 N, 470600 E; VETA ANCHA IS 100 M E OF VETA ROSA; VETA CALIENTE EXTENDS FROM 225900 N, 470350 E TO 226100 N, 470500 E; VETA HORAGIO IS 10 M NW OF VETA CALIENTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 12 G/T AU
Result 30 G/T AG

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) -84.60272, 10.04691
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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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minas De Barranca, S. A.

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    DIRECCION GENERAL DE GEOLOGIA, MINAS E HIDROCARBUROS (DGMH) UNPUBLISHED FILES VIEWED 1986.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 ROSA STRIKES FROM N 10 E TO N 40 E; VETA ANCHA IS DISCONTINUOUS AND PARALLEL TO VETA ROSA; VETA CALIENTE STRIKES N 45 E; VETA HORAGIO IS SMALL AND PARALLEL TO VETA CALIENTE.

Reporter information

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

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

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