| Lat / long: | -7.77582, -77.59976 |
| Primary: | Silver, Gold |
| Tertiary: | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stibnite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite |
| Discovery year: | 1675 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Producer |
| First production started: | 1924 |
| Host type: | Diorite,Quartzite,Gneiss,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone |
| Associated 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 |
| Alteration processes: | Veins Have Well Developed Alteration Selvages Of Muscovite And Quartz. |
| MRDS | W002160 |
| DEP | 10068888 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 424}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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} |
| Reporter | Shaffer, Glenn L., Page, Norman J. |