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Silencio 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. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10007894
MRDS ID CS00128
Record type Site
Current site name Silencio Mine
Alternate or previous names Recio Mine W. C. Bagby Oral Commun., 1986 Indicates That the Recio Mine Is A Separate Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.94855, 10.3094 (WGS84)

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 SILENCIO, RECIO, VILLALOBOS, AND SANTA ANA VEINS (BAGBY WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE RECIO VEIN HERE). ACROSS QUEBRADA SILENCIO FROM THE RECIO VEIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation. Goethite And Hematite Are Main Oxidation Minerals.

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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.94855, 10.3094
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 90
    Length 2000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Abangares District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cia. Minera De Guanacaste

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GIOVANI SOSTO, MINE OWNER, ORAL COMMUNICATION, 1986.

  • 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 MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEINS STRIKE N 20 E, NEAR VERTICAL DIP. MINOR QUARTZ VEINING AND AU "VALUES" UP TO 20 M FROM VEIN WALLS INTO HOST ROCK.
Deposit PHOTOGRAPHS OF OUTCROPS OF THE EL RECIO VEIN SHOW THE VEIN AS BLACK (MN OXIDES?). ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Cox, Dennis P. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan 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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