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Mina Ragra Vanadium 14

Past Producer in Pasco, Peru with commodity Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068988
MRDS ID W002269
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Ragra Vanadium 14

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.53306, -10.86458 (WGS84)
Elevation 4700
Relative position THE MINA RAGRA MINE IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE 7 KM WEST OF LAGUNA PUNRUN, AND 40 KM SW OF CERRO DE PASCO IN THE PROVINCIA DE PASCO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pasco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Pasco

Comments on the location information

  • NO. 14 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE HYDROCARBONS, RED SHALE, GYPSUM, ANHYDRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Patronite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.53306, -10.86458
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 75W
    Length 275M
    Width 0.06M
    Depth to bottom 80M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. E. Fernandini

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INSUFFICIENT DATA 3/74 TO MAKE ESTIMATE. METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU INDICATE A DEPOSIT CONTAINING BETWEEN ONE AND 10 MILLION TONS OF ORE. GOUDARZI 1974 CONSIDERS DEPOSIT SMALLER THAN INDICATED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1665

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    HILLEBRAND, W.F., 1907, THE VANADIUM SULFIDE PATRONITE AND ITS MINERAL ASSOCIATES FROM MINASRAGRA, PERU: AM. JOUR. SCI., 4TH SER., V. 24, P. 141-151

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., 1910, VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF PERU: AM. INST. MIN. MET. ENG. TRANS., V. 40, P. 274-299, 861-863, (DISCUSSION BY J.F. KEMP).

  • Deposit

    5) MILLER, B.L., AND SINGEWALD, J.T., 1919, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, P. 487-491

  • Deposit

    6) HERNANDEZ, SILVIO, 1954-55, EL VANADIO EN EL PERU: MINERIA, V. 2, NO. 5, P. 19-30; NO. 6, P. 31-50, V. 4, NO. 8, P. 21-22, NO. 9, P. 23-29

  • Deposit

    7) BRAVO, JOSE J., 1906, EL VANADIO DE MINASRAGRA: SOC. ING. PERU BOL., V. 8, P. 171-185.

  • Deposit

    8) MCKINSTRY, HUGH, 1957, EL VANADIO EN EL PERU; REVIEW OF PAPER BY SILVIO HERNANDEZ: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 52, P. 324-325.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1973 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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