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Guapinol Mine

Occurrence in Alajuela, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10007938
MRDS ID CS00177
Record type Site
Current site name Guapinol Mine
Alternate or previous names Pilar, La Mina Del Pilar, Los Oreamunos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.46382, 9.96915 (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

  • ON COMPANIA VEIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHAVES (1974), CITING MELLIS (1890), INDICATES GRADE OF 21.77 G/T AU AND 139.96 G/T AG.

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) -84.46382, 9.96915
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Width 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1823
Discoverer A Native; Told Oreamunos

Mining district

District name Aguacate District

Comments on the production information

  • $1,000,000 PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REITZ, M. F., 1902, THE GOLD MINES OF COSTA RICA: ENG. MIN. J., V. 74, NO. 7, P. 211.

  • Deposit

    CRESPI, R. A., 1907, GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGUACATE MINES, COSTA RICA: MIN. WORLD, V. 27, P. 848.

  • 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. 5.

  • 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

    REITZ (1902)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 1-2 M WIDE ON THE COMPANIAO VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Howe, Stephen S.; Bagby, William C.; Marsh, Sherman 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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