Mine detail: (Facility) La Oroya - Zinc Refinery

Previously called 'La Oroya'

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Location

Lat / long: -11.51459, -75.93301

Resource(B)

Primary: Zinc, Refiner
Secondary: Cadmium, Indium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Thallium

Production

Operation type: Processing Plant
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1922

Geology

References

MAS3330211026
DEP10182809
ReferencePRIMARY POST-MILL ZINC PROCESSING FACILITIES 1983
ReporterDifrancesco, Carl A.