Mine detail: Monterrosas

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Location: Ica, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -13.99778, -75.4997
dep_id: 10303758
mrds_id: W700699
mas_id: 3330190009
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Cobalt, Molybdenum
Trace mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
Reporter: Porter, Kenneth E.
Year first produced: 1983
References:
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, PERU, FEBRUARY 1982, P. 66.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, MONTERROSAS--A SMALL PERUVIAN COPPER MINE
  • Deposit:: USES VCR, SEPTEMBER 1982, P. 171.
  • Deposit:: PRODUCTION COST UPDATE, VOL II, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 30, 1984,
  • Deposit:: P. 8.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VERTICAL CRATER AT PER*
  • Deposit:: NEW COPPER MINE PROVES SUCCESSFUL, JANUARY 1983, P. 28-29.
  • Reserve-Resource:: WORLD MINING, PERU, DECEMBER 1982, P. 82.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, LOW COPPER PRICES, POOR
  • Reserve-Resource:: GRADES IMPERIL MONTERROSAS MINE, DECEMBER 1984, P. 17, 19.
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