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Congo

Producer in Peru with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303716
MRDS ID W002015
MAS/MILS ID 3330130003
Record type Site
Current site name Congo
Alternate or previous names Fundicion, Quivio, Polvorin, Katanga, Maria Reyna
Related records 10068767

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.76961, -14.42777 (WGS84)
Elevation 4100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Peru

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.76961, -14.42777
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 100M
    Area 75HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 75
    Date of Last Modification 920908

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1972

Mining district

District name Katanga

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia Minera Katanga S. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1988

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Indicated 61855000mt ore
    Demonstrated 61855000mt ore
    Total resources 61855000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 4.97 wt-pct Copper Major 1988
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Measured 500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 500000mt ore
    Total resources 500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 5.25 wt-pct Copper Major 1974

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES, AS OF 12/31/88, 289,195,000 MT, NO GRADE DATA. SEE BIB R-008009. EXPLORATION DRILLING RESULTS, 1989, REYNA AREA, 1,881,000,000 MT, NO GRADE DATA. SEE BIB R-006007. RESERVES ADDED DURING 1989. KATANGA & POLVORIN ORE BODIES 143,030,000 MT, NO GRADE DATA. SEE BIB R-006007.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Capacity 150
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1974, MITSUI SEGREGATION PRO

  • Deposit

    TREATS PERUVIAN COPPER ORES: DEC. 74, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JR., 1975, WORLD ROUNDUP: MCGRAW HILL

  • Deposit

    YORK, JAN., 75, P. 78

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL VOL. 175 NO.12 PP. 61-64

  • Deposit

    U.S. EMBASSY, INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT-PERU, MINERALS 1989,

  • Deposit

    PART 1 NARRATIVE SUPPLEMENT, MAY 1990, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1991 ENGINEERING AND MINING

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 269.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINED FROM 4 PITS, ALL OXIDES 150 TPD PLANT IS PILOT. EM SAYS MINE OWNED BY MITSUI WITH INVEST. OF 4.6 MILLION, SOME CONCS. PRODUCED ARE APPROX. 60% CU. BENE.METHOD-HEATING(ORE+SALT+COKE),PRODS.CUCL-VAPORIZES-META FORMS BY REDUCTION BY COKE-METALLIC CU+COKES THEN REC.BY FL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-SEP-1996 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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