Mine detail: Patara Lead Zinc Mine 4

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -8.83133, -77.9831

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite
Discovery year: 1532

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:Folded Welded Tuff, Intruded By Small Plugs And Dikes Of Gabbro In Eastern Part.
Tectonic:Andean Cordillera
Alteration processes:Silicification, Siricitization And Kaolinization Of Wall Rock

References

MRDSW002249
DEP10068970
Reference{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1018}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU,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}
ReporterShaffer, Glenn L.