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Tintaya

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. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279854
MRDS ID W002038
MAS/MILS ID 3330130004
Record type Site
Current site name Tintaya
Related records 10068787

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -71.3829, -14.89776 (WGS84)
Elevation 4200
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Peru

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Brochantite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Grossularite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -71.3829, -14.89776
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 260M
    Length 1500M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 40M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 40
    Date of Last Modification 810219
  • Thickness 260M
    Length 1500M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 40M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 3
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 40
    Date of Last Modification 810219
  • Area 1500HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1500
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1917
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1985
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Tintaya

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Magma Tintaya S. A.
    Home office Peru
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Magma Copper Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • DEPOSIT OWNED BY PROMOTORA TINTAYA, S.A. WHICH IS 25% OWNED BY MINERO PERU (GOVT. AGENCY),40% BY PRIVATE PERUVIAN INVESTORS AND 35% BY FOREIGN INTERESTS. AS OF 1980 A SPECIAL CO. (EMPRESA ESPECIAL MINERA TINTAYA) WAS FORMED TO OPERATE THE MINE. IT IS REPORTED THAT BRGM OF FRANCE IS NEGOTIATING FOR A LARGE PART OF THE FOREIGN OWNERSHIP. ACCESS TO PROPERTY IS BY 200 KM OF FAIR TO POOR DIRT ROAD FROM AREQUIPA (N OF AREQUIPA). RAIL SERVICE AVAILABLE TO BOTH AREQUIPA AND AYAVIRA. THIS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ONLY ADDRESSES MINING AND MILLING OF HIGH AND LOW GRADE SULPHIDES FROM THE ZONA DE INFLEXION AND ZONA NUEVA. POSSIBLE SULFIDE (4,340,000 MT AT 2.87% CU) AND POSSIBLE OXIDE (5,500,000 MT AT 2.66% CU) FROM CHABUCA AND CHABUCA EAST ZONES NOT ADDRESSED BECAUSE RESERVE FIGURES NOT DELINEATED SUFFICIENTLY. IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED THAT SULFIDE ORE AT CHUBUCA AREA WOULD HAVE TO BE MINED UG. OXIDE ORES AT TINTAYA HAVE HIGH CONTENT OF CU-SILICATES AND CARBONATES AND MUCH TESTING HAS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE DEVELOPMENT CAN BE CONSIDERED.

Production statistics

  • Year 1985
    Description Mill Feed @ 2.16% Cu 1080000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1080000mt 2wt-pct
  • Year 1986
    Description Mill Feed @ 2.35% Cu 2260000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2260000mt 2wt-pct
  • Year 1987
    Description Mill Feed @ 2.30% Cu 2830000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2830000mt 2wt-pct
  • Year 1988
    Description Mill Feed @ 2.28% Cu 1736000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1736000mt 2wt-pct
  • Year 1989
    Description Mill Feed @ 2.23 Cu 1940000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 1940000mt 2wt-pct
  • Year 1992
    Description Mine Production @ 31.5% Copper 157867 Mt Of Cu Concentrates.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 157867mt 32wt-pct
  • Year 1993
    Description Mine Production @ 31.5% Copper 165000 Mt Of Cu Concentrates.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Copper Copper 165000mt 32wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Measured 40000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 40000000mt ore
    Total resources 40000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Measured 11000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 11000000mt ore
    Total resources 11000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Measured 34000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 34000000mt ore
    Total resources 34000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.12 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Measured 8000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 8000000mt ore
    Total resources 8000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.75 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 58000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 58000000mt ore
    Total resources 58000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.78 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Indicated 21700000mt ore
    Demonstrated 21700000mt ore
    Total resources 21700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.57 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 58026000mt ore
    Total resources 58026000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.78 wt-pct Copper Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 21700000mt ore
    Total resources 21700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.57 wt-pct Copper Major 1995
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 79726000mt ore
    Total resources 79726000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.72 wt-pct Copper Major 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BH&A, 1987 ED. COPPER STUDY, P266-267. (12/31/84)
  • HIGH-GRADE SULFIDE ORE (CUTOFF GRADE OF 0.8% CU)- MINED IN YEARS 1-10. LOW-GRADE SULFIDE ORE (CUTOFF GRADE OF 0.4% CU)- STOCK- PILED YEARS 1-10. TREATED YEARS 11-15. FURTHER DRILLING COULD PROVE UP MORE RESERVE. HIGH GRADE= 29487000 MT AT 2.08% CU. LOW GRADE = 6153000 MT AT 0.49% CU. OXIDE RESOURCE IS 8 MILLION MT @ 2.75 % CU (12/31/84)
  • Q-MAT 1= HIGH GRADE SULFIDE ORE Q-MAT 2= LOW GRADE SULFIDE ORE. BOTH TONNAGES AND GRADES IN Q-MATS 1 & 2 REPRESENT MINEABLE, DILUTED TONNES & GRADE. (10% DILUTION BY 0.3% CU MATERIAL).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 100HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Percent Waste Rock 79
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 40
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 20
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 49
    Capacity 8000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 8900000
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 100HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Percent Waste Rock 79
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 40
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 20
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 49
    Capacity 2620
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, PERU: NEW OWNERS FOR TINTAYA,

  • Ownership

    VOL 9, NO. 10, 1990, PP. 7,8.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CENTROMIN PERU, 1986 ANNUAL REPORT, P. 35.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, TINTAYA--PERU'S NEWEST

  • Reserve-Resource

    COPPER MINE SLATED FOR 1985 START-UP, NOVEMBER 1984, PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    90-92.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALS WEEK, 10/10/94, P.1,5.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, 1/14/94, P.25,27.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MAGMA COPPER CO., 1994 10-K, P.19,20.

  • Deposit

    TERRONES, A. , STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF CONTACT METASOMATIC

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS IN THE PERUVIAN CORDILLERA: TRANS. AIME, V. 211

  • Deposit

    1958, P. 365.

  • Deposit

    ASHESHOV, N. , AND OTHERS, TINTAYA SURVEY NEARING COMPLE-

  • Deposit

    TION, IN ANDEAN-PERUVIAN TIMES, V. 34, NO. 1764, 1974,

  • Deposit

    P. 21.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL: JUNE 1975.

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, V. F., GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: NEW YORK, THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE

  • Deposit

    OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC.,

  • Deposit

    1978, P. 6, 9.

  • Deposit

    SUTULOV, A., COPPER PORPHYRIES: SAN FRANCISCO, MILLER

  • Deposit

    FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS, LTD., 1975, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    RIO TINTO ZINC MINING COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM, PERFORMANCE AN-

  • Deposit

    ALYSIS: JUNE 10, 1975, P. 128.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, PERUVIAN COPPER: V, 126, NO. 4, 1972,

  • Deposit

    P. 293.

  • Deposit

    MCCREARY, E., REVOLUTION AND ELECTIONS RAPIDLY CHANGING THE

  • Deposit

    FACE OF SOUTH AMERICA'S COPPER MINING: ENGINEERING AND

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, V. 172, NO. 1, 1971, P. 86-87.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, THIS MONTH IN MINING: NEW

  • Deposit

    PERUVIAN MINING POLICY DESIGNED TO BREAK TIES CAUSING

  • Deposit

    "ABSOLUTE DEPENDENCY ON FOREIGN INTERESTS": V. 171,

  • Deposit

    NO. 2, 1970, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, SOUTH AMERICAN AND CARIB-

  • Deposit

    BEAN: V. 176, NO. 1. 1975, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    MEMORANDUM, BUREAU OF MINES, WASHINGTON D. C.: DEC. 16,

  • Deposit

    1974.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, PERU: V. 130, NO. 6, 1974, P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, SOUTH AMERICA: PERU: V. 127, NO. 3, 1972,

  • Deposit

    P. 306.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, SOUTH AMERICA: PERU: V. 140, NO. 1, 1979,

  • Deposit

    P. 68.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, DEVELOPMENT OF THE TINTAYA

  • Deposit

    COPPER DEPOSIT: V. 179, NO. 11, 1978, P. 253.

  • Deposit

    GOLDER REPORT, MAR. 1980.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, PERU'S TINTAYA COPPER

  • Deposit

    PROJECT TO GO ON STREAM IN SEPTEMBER 1984, SEPTEMBER 1982,

  • Deposit

    PP. 35-39.

  • Deposit

    EXPANSION PROGRESSES DESPITE DELAYS, JANUARY 1984, PP.

  • Deposit

    18,74.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, PERU'S TINTAYA MONES TOWARD

  • Deposit

    A 1985 START-UP, AUGUST 1984, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, TINTAYA COMPLETES STRIPPING,

  • Deposit

    COMMENCES CONCENTRATOR TESTS, CUTS COSTS, DECEMBER 12,

  • Deposit

    1984, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, PERU'S TINTAYA PLANS TO

  • Deposit

    DEVELOP NEW COPPER DEPOSIT, DECEMBER 24, 1987, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, P. 25, 27 (JAN. 14, 1994).

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, P. 194 (MAR. 18, 1994).

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN, 8 (DEC. 13, 1993).

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, P. 6 (DEC. 30, 1993).

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN, P. 7 (APRIL 5, 1993).

  • Deposit

    PLATT'S METALS WEEK, P. 7 (JULY 11, 1994).

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, P. 439 (JUNE 17, 1994).

  • Deposit

    MINTO, ROBERT, CANADIAN TECHNOLOGY ON INCA SITE, CANADIAN

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 8/87, P.21,23.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 7/N 2, 1/29/88, P.5.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 7/N 4, 2/29/88, P.8.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 7/N 17, 9/16/88, P.8.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 7/N 20, 10/31/88, P.5.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 8/N 21, 11/10/89, P.8.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 9/N 1, 1/22/90, P.2.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 9/N 10, /89, P.7,8.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 8/N 24, 12/21/89, P.5.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, 8/24/92, P.7.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 9/25/92, P.218.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 11/N 16, 9/30/92, P.3.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, SUPPLEMENT, 1/22/93, P.6.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 8/93, P.20.

  • Deposit

    MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 7/93, P.9.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 6/7/93, P.4.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING RECORD, JUNE/JULY, 1994, P.24.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 6/1/94, P.7,8.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 13/N 8-9, 6/30/94, P.10.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 7/29/94, P.3.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, 9/5/94, P.4,5.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V 102/N 195, 10/10/94, P.1,7.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V 102/N 196, 10/11/94, P.2.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, V 323/N 8297, 10/14/94, P.269,270.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, 10/17/94, P.5.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS', 10/22/94, P.26.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 10/26/94, P.11.

  • Deposit

    DILLARD, GARY, LAST OF BIG 4 COPPER FIRMS INVESTS DOWN

  • Deposit

    SOUTH, SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, 11/94, P.4A-11A.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, 12/5/94, P.5.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 12/8/94, P.6.

  • Deposit

    CANEY, DEREK J., PERU COPPER VENTURE EXCEEDS EXPECTATION,

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, V 103,N 32, 2/16/95, P.1,4.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 13/N 15, 9/30/94, P.4,5.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 13/N 19, 11/30/94, P.8.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, V 105/N 47, 11/23/94, P.4.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 12/94, P.WW-11.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V 196/N 3, 3/95, P.WW-30.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 3/11/95, P.6,7.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, V 106/N 28, 7/12/95, P.1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-1997 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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