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Quebrada Honda Mine

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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007930
MRDS ID CS00168
Record type Site
Current site name Quebrada Honda Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.47354, 9.97887 (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

  • JOINS THE CLAIMS OF THE SACRA FAMILIA MINES ON THE W, ON THE RIO QUEBRADA HONDA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result MAIN VEINS AVERAGE MT $8/TON AU (IN 1902?)

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) -84.47354, 9.97887
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Width 20M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1857

Mining district

District name Aguacate District

Comments on the production information

  • AT LEAST $1,000,000 PRODUCED, APPARENTLY ALL BEFORE 1857.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MUCH RESERVES. CHAVES (1974) STATES "AS FAR AS ORE RESERVES ARE CONCERNED, THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PRACTICALLY VIRGIN."

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 120M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, LESS THAN 120 M DEEP, ARE THE DEEPEST IN THE DISTRICT. MANY OF THE OLD WORKINGS ARE INACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • MINE ABANDONED SINCE 1857.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, NO. 7, P. 212.

  • Deposit

    CHAVES, R., 1974, THE AGUACATE MINES OF COSTA RICA; GEOLOGY AND APPRAISAL: COSTA RICA, DIR. GEOL. MINAS PETROL., INF. TEC. NOTAS GEOL., ANO 12, NO. 57, P. 6.

  • 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

    REITZ (1902)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE OF THE OLDEST MINES IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THREE MAIN VEINS, 1-6 M WIDE, AND MANY FEEDER VEINS.

Reporter information

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

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