Mine detail: Las Bambas

Previously called 'Chalcobamba-FerrobambaBambas'

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Location

Lat / long: -14.06449, -72.36632

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Other material: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrrhotite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

MAS3330050032
DEP10231202
Reference{Deposit:: ASHESHOV, N. , AND OTHERS, THE BAMBAS, IN ANDEAN-PERUVIAN}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS IN THE PERUVIAN CORDILLERA: TRANSACTIONS OF THE}{Deposit:: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM}{Deposit:: ENGINEERS, VOL. 211, 1958, P. 365.}{Deposit:: ASHESHOV, N. AND OTHERS, THE BAMBAS: ANDEAN PERUVIAN TIMES,}{Deposit:: VOL. 34, NO. 1764, P. 22.}{Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 26, NO. 7, P. 18, 19.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 6/92, P.378.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 4/17/92, P.277.}{Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 4/28/92, P.6,7.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINERAL FOR EXPORT, SEPTEMBER, 1989, P. 64.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINERO PERU, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, 1991, P.25.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 2/93, P.34.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.