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La Union De Aguacate

Occurrence in Alajuela, Costa Rica with commodity Gold
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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. 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 10007940
MRDS ID CS00180
Record type Site
Current site name La Union De Aguacate
Alternate or previous names La Union, Mina Union De Aguacate, La Union De Aguacotte

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.4791, 9.96776 (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

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) -84.4791, 9.96776
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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 Aguacate District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Juchem And Sanford

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MALOZEMOFF, P., 1942, COSTA RICA [FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON MINING IN LATIN AMERICA]: ENG. MIN. J., V. 143, NO. 8, P. 113.

  • Deposit

    HUTTL, J. B., 1942, A VISIT TO THE AGUACATE DISTRICT IN COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 143, NO. 11, P. 60, 61.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., AND IRVING, E. M., 1957, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL AMERICA, WITH A SECTION ON MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF PANAMA, BY F. S. SIMONS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1034, 105 P.

  • 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 IN 1942, MINE WAS TREATING 30 TONNES OF ORE/DAY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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