| Location: | La Libertad, Peru, South America |
| Lat / long: | -7.77582, -77.59976 |
| dep_id: | 10068888 |
| mrds_id: | W002160 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stibnite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite |
| alteration: | Veins Have Well Developed Alteration Selvages Of Muscovite And Quartz. |
| Reporter: | Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J. |
| hrock_type: | Diorite,Quartzite,Gneiss,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
| arock_type: | Andesite |
| Structure: | Pataz Town Is At The Western Edge Of A Large Body Of Granodiorite Or Diorite That Extends 10-12 Km. To The Northwest And 12-15 Km To The Southeast. |
| tectonic: | Andean Cordillera |
| Year first produced: | 1924 |
| disc_yr: | 1675 |
| discr: | Worked During Colonial Period. |
| References: |
- Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 424
- Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969
- Deposit:: SCHREIBER, D.W., FONTBOTE, L., AND LOCHMAN, D., 1990, GEOLOGIC SETTING, PARAGENESIS, AND PHSIOCHEMISTRY OF GOLD QUARTZ VEINS HOSTED BY PLUTONIC ROCKS IN THE PATAZ REGION: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1328-1347.
- Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.
- Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP
- Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP.
- Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972
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