Pasco
Plant

Atacocha

Pasco, Peru
ZincSilverLeadCopperGold
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1936
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10207142
MRDS IDW001993
Alternate namesAtacocha Chierin, Atacocha Mine
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-10.56932, -76.16162
References
PURSER, W.F.C.,1971, METAL MINING IN PERU, PAST TO PRESENT,PRAEGER PUB., NEW YORK, 339 P.PETERSEN ULRICH, 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR OREDEPOSITS, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.60, NO.3,PP407-476.JOHNSON, R. F., LEWIS, R., W., ABELE C., G., 1955, GEOLOGYAND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ATACOCHA DISTRICT, DEPT. DE PASCO,PERU, USGS BULT. 975-E?, PP. 337E-388E.1975 EMJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY MINING AND MINERALPROCESSING, MCGRAW HILL PUBILSHING, NEW YORK, PAGE 254.RECORD #3 - THE PERU REPORT'S - "LAS MINAS DEL PERU - MINESAND MINERS IN PERU", 1991, PP. 85-87.AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE 1993,P. 39, 49.