(Facility) La Oroya Copper Refinery

Plant in Junin, Peru with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth, Cadmium, Copper, Gold, Indium, Lead, Selenium, Silver, Tellurium, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231134
MAS/MILS ID 3330212001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) La Oroya Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Huaymanta Refinery La Oroya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.89971, -11.52709 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Junin(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Junin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Indium Critical Secondary
Lead Primary
Selenium Secondary
Silver Primary
Tellurium Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.89971, -11.52709

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Centromin-Peru (Empresa Minera Del Centro Del Peru)
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSOCIATED 45M MTPY ROD MILL. GUERILLA PROBLEMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Peterson, Gary R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.