Mine detail: (Facility) La Oroya Copper Refinery

Previously called 'Huaymanta Refinery La Oroya'

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Location: Junin, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -11.52709, -75.89971
dep_id: 10231134
mas_id: 3330212001
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Minor mineral: Antimony, Indium, Arsenic, Bismuth, Cadmium, Gold, Selenium, Tellurium
Operation type: Processing Plant
Development status: Plant
Reporter: Peterson, Gary R.
References:
  • Deposit:: PAZOUR, DONALD A.,TWELVE METALS REFINED AT LA OROYA
  • Deposit:: COMPLEX, WORLD MINING, AUGUST 1979, P.P.40-45.
  • Deposit:: CENTROMIN PERU, MEMORIA ANUAL 1977.
  • Deposit:: E/MJ, NOVEMBER 1979: LA OROYA ONE OF IA KIND IN SOUTH
  • Deposit:: AMERICA, P.134-136.
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