1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Patria Mine

Past Producer in Ancash, Peru with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080307
MRDS ID W031421
Record type Site
Current site name Patria Mine
Related records 10304091

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.13169, -9.87351 (WGS84)
Elevation 4350
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 12 KM AT N 81 E OF PACHAPAQUI

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

  • IN QUEBRADA QUENHUARACRA.
  • MANY MINES AND PROSPECTS IN AREA OF ABOUT 50 KM APPROX; TOWN OF HUALGAYOC IN SE PART OF DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Machay;
    Rock description Machay;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.13169, -9.87351
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Consists Of 2 Anticline Separated By A Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 70-85 SW
    Thickness 30M
    Length 4000M
    Width 200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure And Replacement Veins Which Are In Sedementary Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR MINES IN DISTRICT INCLUDE: SAN AUGUSTINE, EL DORADO, MARIO, SEGUNDA REBELDE, LOS NEGROS, TRES MOSQUETEROS, MINES OF THE POZAS RICOS AND TINGO AREAS, SOCAVON PURGATORIO, AND SINCHAO DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pachapaqui Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Argenta Bolognesi

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1949. INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, TRENCHES AND SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BODENLOS, A.J. AND ERICKSEN, G.E., 1955, LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS OF CORDILLERA BLANCA AND NORTHERN CORDILLERA HUAYUASH, PERU, U.S.G.S., BULL., 1017, 166 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BODENLOS AND ERICKSEN (1955).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BRECCIATED ZONES, PATRIA IS ON EASTERN ZONE, ESPERANZA IS ON WESTERN ZONE 300 M DISTANT; SIZE IS FOR ENTIRE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Bordine, Donald L. (Ericksen, G.E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-94 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site