San Gerardo Mine

Occurrence in Alajuela, 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 10007921
MRDS ID CS00158
Record type Site
Current site name San Gerardo Mine
Alternate or previous names Moncada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.52771, 10.04275 (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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE RICH BUT IN POCKETS.

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) -84.52771, 10.04275

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS IN 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 Owner-Operator
    Owner Gonzalo Moncada And Family

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION GENERALLY 10-40 TONNES/DAY, INTERMITTENTLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

    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.

  • Production

    ROBERTS AND IRVING (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST VEINS ARE NARROW AND HAVE ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED ORE SHOOTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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