Patara Mine

PE / Áncash

•-8.80106, -77.99449View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Patara Mine is a historic mining site in Ancash, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Gabbro, within the Andes setting. Reported specimens include Anglesite, Calcite, Cerussite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite; logged ore minerals are Anglesite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite; gangue is recorded as Calcite, Cerussite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite.

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Found Here

AnglesiteCalciteCerussiteGalenaPyrargyritePyriteQuartzRhodochrositeSilverSphaleriteTetrahedrite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Gabbro
Tectonic setting: Andes

Ore minerals

AnglesiteGalenaPyrargyritePyriteSilverSphaleriteTetrahedrite

Gangue minerals

CalciteCerussiteQuartzRhodochrosite

Alteration

Kaolinized, Sericitized, Propylitized, Silicification

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small

Records and references

Cited references

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, 165PCIMRIBODENLOS AND STRACZEK (1957).

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10065556 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -8.80106, -77.99449

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