Huancavelica
Plant

Cobriza

Huancavelica, Peru
CopperSilverGoldBismuth
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsActinolite, Arsenopyrite, Augite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Fluorite, Garnet, Hornblende, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1967
Discovery year1866
Identification
Deposit ID10255260
MRDS IDW002003
Alternate namesCobrizapumagayoc-Coris, Cobriza Coris, Cobriza Pumagayoc, Coris Ridge, Pumagayoc Ridge
RegionSA
Data scoreA
Coordinates-12.51455, -74.46638
References
CAHOON,B.G., GEOLOGY OF THE COBRIZA MINE, HUANCEVELICADEPARTMENT,PERU: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMER-ICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUMENGINEERS, PREPRINT 71-I-112, NEW YORK, 1971.PURSER,W.F., METAL MINING IN PERU, PAST AND PRESENT: PRAEGERPUBLICATIONS, NEW YORK, 1971, 339 P.ANDEAN-PERUVIAN TIMES, THE MAIN DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSIONPROJECTS: LIMA, PERU, VOL.34, NO.1764, P.59.PETERSON, U., REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OFCENTRAL PERU: ECON.GEOL., VOL.60,NO.3, 1965, P.407.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OFMINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1975, P.256.MINING ENGINEERING, COBRIZA: VOL.21, NO.11, NOV.1969, PP.84-86, 67, 76, 90.METALS SOURCEBOOK, MAY 7,1973, ITEM A2428.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, COBRIZA: SET FOR A FOURFOLDEXPANSION, NOV. 1979, PP-128-130.WORLD MINING, COBRIZA INCREASING MINE PRODUCTION TO 10,000TONS PER DAY, MARCH 1978, PP.76-79.INTERNATIONAL MINERALS/METALS REVIEW, MCGRAW HILL PUBLISHINGCO., 1979.OPERATIONAL NAVIGATION CHART (ONC), SHEET N-25, SCALE1:1,000,000.WIPPMAN, LARRY, CENTROMIN INVESTS $261 MILLION TO EXPANDCOPRIZA PRODUCTION, E&MJ, AUGUST 1982, P 78-83.THE PERU REPORT'S "LAS MINAS DEL PERU - MINES AND MINERS INPERU", PP. 135, 136.BROOK HUNT & ASSOCIATES, COPPER MINES COST STUDY (1988-1995)VOL. 6, LATIN AMERICA, 1991 ED., P.110.