Patara Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10065556
MRDS ID	TC40904
Record type	Site
Current site name	Patara Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-77.99449, -8.80106 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	5000(meters)
Relative position	13 KM NW OF HUAILAS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ancash(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Peru	Ancash

Comments on the location information

BETWEEN RIDGE CREST OF CORDILLERA NEGRA AND CERRO PATARA RIDGE CREST, NEAR LAKES AT HEADWATERS OF RIO TRES CRUCES.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Zinc Critical	Primary
Lead	Primary
Silver	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Anglesite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Pyrargyrite	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Silver	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore
Tetrahedrite	Ore
Calcite	Gangue
Cerussite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue
Rhodochrosite	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Kaolinized, Sericitized, Propylitized, Silicification

Analytical data

Result	CHIP SAMPLE, 0.45 M, ON VEINS: 73 G/TON AG, 2.9% PB, 13.6% ZN

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-77.99449, -8.80106	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Name VEIN 1

Strike N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E

Dip 70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N

Thickness 2M

Length 100M

Width 50M
Name VEIN 2

Strike N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E

Dip 70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N

Thickness 0.63M

Length 300M
Name VEIN3

Strike N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E

Dip 70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N

Thickness 1.25M

Length 600M
Name VEIN 4

Strike N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E

Dip 70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N

Thickness 0.58M

Length 500M
Name VEIN 5

Strike N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E

Dip 70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N

Thickness 1.15M

Length 900M
Name VEIN 6

Strike N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E

Dip 70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N

Thickness 0.75M

Length 250M
Name VEIN 7

Strike N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E

Dip 70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N

Thickness 8M

Length 250M
Name VEIN 45

Strike N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E

Dip 70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N

Length 1500M

Name	VEIN 1
Strike	N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E
Dip	70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N
Thickness	2M
Length	100M
Width	50M

Name	VEIN 2
Strike	N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E
Dip	70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N
Thickness	0.63M
Length	300M

Name	VEIN3
Strike	N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E
Dip	70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N
Thickness	1.25M
Length	600M

Name	VEIN 4
Strike	N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E
Dip	70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N
Thickness	0.58M
Length	500M

Name	VEIN 5
Strike	N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E
Dip	70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N
Thickness	1.15M
Length	900M

Name	VEIN 6
Strike	N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E
Dip	70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N
Thickness	0.75M
Length	250M

Name	VEIN 7
Strike	N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E
Dip	70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N
Thickness	8M
Length	250M

Name	VEIN 45
Strike	N65E}N60-70E}N50-80E}N30-50E}NE-ENE}NE}E-N45E}E
Dip	70-80NW}70-85NW}50-85NW}80-85W}55-85NW}STEEP NW}80-85N-45NW}60-85N
Length	1500M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discoverer	Colonial Period

Comments on the production information

EXPLOITED IN 1868 BUT DORMANT SINCE EARLY 1900'S.

Comments on the workings information

4-5 ADITS, CROSSCUTS, STOPES, PITS.

Comments on development

IN 1868 WERE MINING SECONDARY ENRICHED SILVER ORE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC40904

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BODENLOS, A.J., AND STRACZEK, J.A., 1957, BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF THE CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1040, 165P
Other Database

CIMRI
Production

BODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	VEIN 2: STOCKPILE WITH 10% SPHALERITE AND 5% GALENA; WORKINGS ARE OXIDIZED. VEIN 3: IN GABBRO PLUG AND VEIN 4 MAY BE ITS EXTENSION. VEIN 4: JOINS WITH VEINS. VEIN 5: ARCUATE; MAIN ORE BODY. VEIN 45: FORMED BY JUNCTION OF VEIN 4 AND 5.
Deposit	SEE FIG. 3 FOR MAPS OF VEINS (BODENLOS AND STRACZEK, 1957).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1994	Page, Norman J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.