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Hierro Peru

Producer in Ica, Peru with commodities Iron, Copper, Cobalt, Silica, Ferrosilicon, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084872
MRDS ID W700092
Record type Site
Current site name Hierro Peru
Alternate or previous names Hierroperu, Empresa Minera Del Hierro Del Peru, Marcona Deposit, Mina Justa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.99968, -15.16442 (WGS84)
Relative position 325 KM S OF LIMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ica(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Ica

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE ARE FOR THE TOWN OF SAN JUAN DE MARCONA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Silica, Ferrosilicon Secondary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Sulfur Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Martite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.99968, -15.16442
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Economic information

Ore body information

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Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Federico Funch And Don Justo Pastor
Year of first production 1953

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marcona Co., U. S. Owner, Utah Corp. And Cyprus Mines Corp.
    First year 1953
    Last year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Nationalized Hieroperu
    First year 1975
    Last year 1993
  • Type Operator
    Owner Shougang Corp., Chinese State-Owned
    First year 1993

Comments on the production information

  • SHOUGANG WANTS TO RAISE PRODUCTION TO 20 MILLION METRIC TONS.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1955
    Measured 18140000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 56 wt-pct Iron Major 1955
    Silica, Ferrosilicon SiO2 4 wt-pct Silica Minor 1955
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.03 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 1955
    Sulfur S 0.5 wt-pct Sulfur Minor 1955
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1955
    Indicated 77097000mt ore
    Inferred 208616000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 56 wt-pct Iron Major 1955
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Total resources 6000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 54 wt-pct Iron Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Total resources 9000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 54 wt-pct Iron Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Total resources 1439930542000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 54.1 wt-pct Iron Major 1990
    Copper Cu 0.11 wt-pct Copper Minor 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE (1) PROVEN RESERVES; ORE (2) PROBABLE RESERVES & CA
  • RESOURCE FIGURES ARE FOR THE ENTIRE MARCONA DEPOSIT; ORE 2 U.N. RESOURCE CLASS R1E

Comments on development

  • SHOUGANG BOUGHT HIEROPERU FOR 120 MILLION DOLLARS AND PREVIOUS 42 MILLION DOLLAR DEBT AND INVESTMENT OF 150 MILLION DOLLARS OVER 1993-1996. DISCOVERED DUE TO PROBLEM WITH COMPASS BEARING. ; ECON.COM: CONCENTRATOR CAPACITY (1990) 13240 MT/D

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINERALS/METALS REVIEW, 2ND ED., 1980: WASHINGTON, D.C., MCGRAW-HILL, P. 294.

  • Deposit

    LEIDING VALDES, BENJAMIN, 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 209-223.

  • Deposit

    ANON., 1993, THE TURN OF PERU AFTER MEXICO, ARGENTINA AND CHILE: SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT PREPARED BY COPRI, P. 30-31.

  • Deposit

    CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 52 P.

  • Deposit

    CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPORT'S GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES SRL, P. 165-167.

  • Production

    INTERNATIONAL MINERALS/METALS REVIEW (1980); ANON., (1993); CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEIDING VALDES (1955); CROCKETT AND OTHERS (1987)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 60 DIFFERENT ORE BODIES.
Deposit RECORD W700067 BY GRETA ORRIS HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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