Mine detail: Patara Mine

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Location: Ancash, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -8.80106, -77.99449
dep_id: 10065556
mrds_id: TC40904
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Cerussite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite
alteration: Kaolinized, Sericitized, Propylitized, Silicification
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Gabbro
tectonic: Andes
discr: Colonial Period
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).
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