Mine detail: Mina Ragra Vanadium 14

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Location:	Pasco, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-10.86458, -76.53306
dep_id:	10068988
mrds_id:	W002269
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Vanadium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Patronite
gangue:	Anhydrite, Gypsum
ore_ctrl:	See Comments
Reporter:	Shaffer, Glenn L.
hrock_type:	Limestone
Structure:	See Comments
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Year first produced:	1905
References:	Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK, 1960, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 1665 Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 Deposit:: HILLEBRAND, W.F., 1907, THE VANADIUM SULFIDE PATRONITE AND ITS MINERAL ASSOCIATES FROM MINASRAGRA, PERU: AM. JOUR. SCI., 4TH SER., V. 24, P. 141-151 Deposit:: HEWETT, D.F., 1910, VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF PERU: AM. INST. MIN. MET. ENG. TRANS., V. 40, P. 274-299, 861-863, (DISCUSSION BY J.F. KEMP). Deposit:: 5) MILLER, B.L., AND SINGEWALD, J.T., 1919, THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, P. 487-491 Deposit:: 6) HERNANDEZ, SILVIO, 1954-55, EL VANADIO EN EL PERU: MINERIA, V. 2, NO. 5, P. 19-30; NO. 6, P. 31-50, V. 4, NO. 8, P. 21-22, NO. 9, P. 23-29 Deposit:: 7) BRAVO, JOSE J., 1906, EL VANADIO DE MINASRAGRA: SOC. ING. PERU BOL., V. 8, P. 171-185. Deposit:: 8) MCKINSTRY, HUGH, 1957, EL VANADIO EN EL PERU; REVIEW OF PAPER BY SILVIO HERNANDEZ: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 52, P. 324-325. Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS, UNPUB. REP Production:: F. SIMONS, 1960, UNPUB. REP Reserve-Resource:: METALLOGENIC MAPS OF PERU. 1969, 1972