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Rio Carate

Occurrence in Puntarenas, 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. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090498
MRDS ID CS00296
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Carate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -83.4638, 8.44283 (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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1-5 GRAMS PER CUBIC METER GOLD

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -83.4638, 8.44283
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DENGO, GABRIEL, AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1970, ANOTACIONES AL MAPA METALOGENETICO DE AMERICA CENTRAL: INST. CENTROAM. INVEST. TEC. INDUS. (ICAITI), PUBL. GEOL. ICAITI, NO. 3, P. APPENDIX 2.

  • Deposit

    IVOSEVIC, S. W., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF COSTA RICA'S SOUTH-CENTRAL OSA PENINSULA PLACER GOLD DISTRICT: TRANS., AM. INST. MIN. METALL. PETROL. ENG., V. 266, P. 1876-1882.

  • Deposit

    GUILD, P. W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA; A NUMERICAL LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 858-A, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    CASTRO M., J. F., AND VARGAS, R., J. E., 1982, MAPA DE RECURSOS MINERALES DE COSTA RICA, 1:750,000: DIRECCION DE GEOLOGIA Y MINAS, 1 SHEET.

  • 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 THREE EPISODES OF QUATERNARY SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Howe, Stephen S. 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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