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Huanzala

Producer in Huanuco, Peru with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10254981
MRDS ID W002010
MAS/MILS ID 3330170009
Record type Site
Current site name Huanzala
Related records 10068763

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -76.98304, -9.86465 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huanuco(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Huanuco

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -76.98304, -9.86465
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Tailings
Year of first production 1968
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cia. Minera Santa Luisa
    Home office Peru
    Year 1989
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mitsui Mining Co. Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Japan
    Year 1989

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 3800000mt ore
    Total resources 3800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 11.8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
    Lead Pb 5.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPERATOR: CIA. MINERA SANTA LUISA S.A. LAT.-LONG. IS FOR TOWN OF HUALLANCA. OTHER OWNERS: MITSUI & COMP. LTD. (70%) & CIA MINERA SANTA LUISA (23%). US EMBASSY REPORTS RESERVES OF 5.9 MILLION ST AT O.3% CU , 4.7% PB, 10.8% ZN, AND 4.5 OZ AG/ST. ANNUAL INVESTMENT OF $1.5 MILLION.
  • DATA FROM PAH REPORT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE 1993,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 39, 49.

  • Deposit

    U.S. STATE DEPT. AIRGRAM FROM U.S. EMBASSY IN LIMA, DEC. 21,

  • Deposit

    1978.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF WORLD LEAD AND ZINC PRODUCTION, 1968, P. 74.

  • Deposit

    SOURCE IS NOT KNOWN.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, SOUTH AMERICA: PERU: V. 121, NO. 3, 1969,

  • Deposit

    P. 241.

  • Deposit

    METALS SOURCEBOOK, PERU: JULY 23, 1973.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF PERU: V. 131,

  • Deposit

    NO. 4, 1974, P. 262-285.

  • Deposit

    RIO TINTO ZINC MINING COST AMALYSIS SYSTEM, PERFORMANCE AN-

  • Deposit

    ALYSIS: MAY 27, 1975, P. 387.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER, COMPANIES BY COUNTRY: PERU: SAN

  • Deposit

    FRANCISCO, MILLER FREEMAN, 1979, P. 151.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1977 PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AS FOLLOWS: COPPER-- 352 MT.(REFINED) LEAD----10,278 MT. ZINC----26,155 MT. SILVER 19,320 KG. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF HUALLANCA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-1994 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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