Pasco
Plant

Huaron

Pasco, Peru
ZincSilverLeadCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1912
Discovery year1860
Identification
Deposit ID10182803
MRDS IDW002011
Alternate namesHuaron Mines
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-11.0479, -76.39973
References
PURSER, W. F., 1971, METAL-MINING IN PERU, PAST AND PRESENT:PRAEGER PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK, 339 PGS.SCOTT, O., AND OTHERS, 1974, MEDIUM MINES, IN ANDEAN-PERUVIAN...?, LIMA, PERU, VOL. 34, NO. 1764, P. 36.MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, MINES DE HUARON, 1978,PP. 394-395.FRANCISCO, MILLER FREEMAN, 1979, P. 149; UNKNOWN SOURCE.PETERSEN, U., REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF...?FOREIGN SERVICE DISPATCH, DES. 283, FROM: EMBASSY, LIMA,PERU; TO: THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, JAN. 28,1959, PP. 51-53.MINING MAGAZINE, 1036 MINES ACCOUNTING FOR 90 PER CENT OFALL OUTPUT OTHER THAN COAL: SOUTH AMERICA: PERU:V. 121, NO. 3, 1969, P. 241.MINING MAGAZINE, 1029 MINES ACCOUNTING FOR 90 PER CENT OFV. 125, NO. 3, 1971, PP. 253, 257.MINING MAGAZINE, PERU: V. 127, NO. 3, 1972, P. 295.SURVEY OF WORLD LEAD AND ZINC PRODUCTION, 1968?, P. 72-73.PUBLISHERS ARE UNKNOWN.NO. 4, 1974 PP. 262-285; UNKNOWN SOURCE.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OFMINING, PERU, 1975, P. 324.RIO TINTO ZINC, MINING COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM, PERU, FEB. 25,1975, PP. 238, 265.THE PERU REPORT'S " LAS MINAS DEL PERU - MINES AND MINERS INPERU", PAGES 177-179.AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE 1993,P. 39, 44, 49.