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Santa Clara

Producer in Puntarenas, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084847
MRDS ID W700061
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Clara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.60827, 10.19275 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Puntarenas(province)

Costa Rica(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Costa Rica Puntarenas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.60827, 10.19275
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner United Hearne/Barranca

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 2721000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.847 g/mt Gold Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Demonstrated 1632000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.976 g/mt Gold Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 60800000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.75 g/mt Gold Major 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1979, V. 140, NO. 1, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1979, P. 377.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, JANUARY, 1980.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1865, 10C160.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ESTIMATE 1 IS FROM MINING MAGAZINE, 1979; ESTIMATES 2 AND 3 ARE FROM MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1979; ESTIMATE 4 IS FROM MINING ENGINEERING, 1980; AND THE LAST ESTIMATE IS FROM THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. 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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