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Patara Lead Zinc Mine 4

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068970
MRDS ID W002249
Record type Site
Current site name Patara Lead Zinc Mine 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.9831, -8.83133 (WGS84)
Elevation 4500
Relative position LOCATED ON CERRO PATARA, 8 KM ESE OF MACATE AND 13 KM NW OF HUAILAS, PROVINCIA DE HUAILAS (HUARAS AND CASMA SHEETS)

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

  • NO. 4 ON METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU, 1969

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE QUARTZ, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, CALCITE, RHODOCHROSITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Siricitization And Kaolinization Of Wall Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.9831, -8.83133
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folded Welded Tuff, Intruded By Small Plugs And Dikes Of Gabbro In Eastern Part.

Ore body information

  • Strike E TO NE
    Dip N
    Length 3500M
    Width 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 50M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1532

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN BUT SUBSTANTIAL (F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.)

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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1018

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RAIMONDI, ANTONIO, 1873, EL DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCACHS Y SUS RIQUEZAS MINERALES: LIMA, IMPRENTE EL NACIONAL, P. 109, 456-487

  • Deposit

    SCHAFER, F.J., 1897, MINING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ANCACHS, PERU: ENG. MIN. JOUR., V. 64, P. 274

  • Deposit

    5) VELARDE, CARLOS E., 1908, LA MINERIA EN EL PERU: LIMA, MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO, IMPRENTA LA OPINION NACIONAL, P. 60

  • Deposit

    6) BALTA, JOSE, 1909, INFORME SOBRE LOS YACIMIENTOS METALIFEROS DE PHTARA: LIMA, TIPOGRAFIA EL LUCERO, 47 P.

  • Deposit

    7) MILLER, B. L., AND SINGEWALD, J. T., 1919, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, P. 451

  • Deposit

    8) BODENLOS, ALFRED J., AND STRACZEK, JOHN A., 1957, BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA NEGRA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ANCASH, PERU: U.S.G.S. BULL. 1040, P. 149-156, FIGS. 3, 17

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP

  • Production

    F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOOTS OF MAX. LENGTH 200 M
Deposit Discovery Year: ACTIVELY WORKED DURING COLONIAL PERIOD

Reporter information

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

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