(Facility) La Oroya - Zinc Refinery

Plant in Junin, Peru with commodities Cadmium, Indium, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Thallium, Zinc, Refiner
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182809
MAS/MILS ID 3330211026
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) La Oroya - Zinc Refinery
Alternate or previous names La Oroya

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -75.93301, -11.51459 (WGS84)
Elevation 3750
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Junin(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Junin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cadmium Secondary
Indium Critical Secondary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary
Thallium Secondary
Zinc, Refiner Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -75.93301, -11.51459

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1922
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Refiner-Pyrometallurgy

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Centromin (Government.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Peru
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Description Sulfuric Acid 75000 Mt Commod/Year
  • Year 1984
    Description Refined Zinc 70200 Mt Commod/Year
  • Year 1985
    Description Sulfuric Acid 70000 Mt Commod/Year
  • Year 1985
    Description Refined Zinc 70200 Mt Commod/Year

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RECENT DATA.

Comments on other economic factors

  • CONCENTRATES ARE FROM CENTROMIN MINES AND OTHER INDEPENDENT SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED MINES IN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRIMARY POST-MILL ZINC PROCESSING FACILITIES 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-SEP-1994 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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