Mine detail: (Facility) La Oroya - Lead Smelter

Previously called 'La Oroya'

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Location: Junin, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -11.51459, -75.89971
dep_id: 10207014
mas_id: 3330211027
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lead, Refiner
Minor mineral: Bismuth, Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Operation type: Processing Plant
Development status: Plant
Reporter: Difrancesco, Carl A.
Year first produced: 1922
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