Mine detail: (Facility) La Oroya - Zinc Refinery

Previously called 'La Oroya'

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Location: Junin, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -11.51459, -75.93301
dep_id: 10182809
mas_id: 3330211026
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Refiner
Minor mineral: Cadmium, Indium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Thallium
Operation type: Processing Plant
Development status: Plant
Reporter: Difrancesco, Carl A.
Year first produced: 1922
References:
  • PRIMARY POST-MILL ZINC PROCESSING FACILITIES 1983
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