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Santa Clara Mine

Occurrence in Puntarenas, 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007923
MRDS ID CS00160
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Clara Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.60688, 10.02052 (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

  • MONDONGO VEIN. INCLUDES THE SANTA ELENA MINE (BENNETT, 1939), WHICH WAS THE NAME OF THE EARLY UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF THE SANTA CLARA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ORE FROM THE EARLY SANTA ELENA WORKINGS WAS MANGANIFEROUS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay, Pyrite, Possibly Nontronite, Silicification Relatively Minor.

Analytical data

Result HG PRESENT. ORE IS 16% AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.60688, 10.02052
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description "Mondongo Fault" Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN, LENTICULAR AT THE EARLY SANTA ELENA WORKINGS
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aguacate District (Macacona District According To Cox)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minera Macacona, S.A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner United Hearne Resources, Ltd.

Comments on development

  • RUDIN AND CIA. WAS THE OPERATOR OF THE EARLY SANTA ELENA WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    VISITED BY USGS SCIENTISTS, 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 THE VEINS STRIKE APPROXIMATELY N 20 E AND ARE SUBVERTICAL. THE GOLD AT THE EARLY SANTA ELENA WORKINGS WAS SAID TO BE COLLOIDAL (FINE-GRAINED?).
Deposit PROPERTY IS ACTIVE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Howe, Stephen S. (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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