Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Underground |
Commodities |
|
Mining Method |
- Sub-level caving
- Cut & Fill
|
Production Start | ... |
The Tayahua mine consists of 5 currently exploited mines: Santiago, Catasillas, Poniente, San Eligio and San Marcos.
The Tayahua unit increased its processed tonnage by recovering and acquiring strategic equipment for use inside the mine. |
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Summary:
The Tayahua underground mine operates in the foothills to the northeast of the Peñasquito property. The mineral deposit being mined at the Tayahua mine is a polymetallic zoned copper-lead-zinc-silver-gold skarn hosted in carbonates adjacent to a quartz monzonite intrusion.
Mining Methods
- Sub-level caving
- Cut & Fill
Summary:
This unit operates an underground polymetallic mine mainly for extracting of primary copper and lead-zinc bodies.
Tayahua mine consists of 5 currently exploited mines: Santiago, Catasillas, Poniente, San Eligio and San Marcos.
Santiago, Catasillas are carried out sublevel caving (80%) and cut&fill mining methods.
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Production:
Commodity | Units | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2017 | 2016 |
Copper
|
M lbs
| ...... | ...... | ...... | 32 | 28 |
Lead
|
M lbs
| ...... | ...... | | | |
Zinc
|
M lbs
| ...... | ...... | | | |
All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.
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Operational Metrics:
Metrics | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
Daily ore mining rate
| ...... | | | | |
Tonnes milled
| ...... | 3,665,409 t | 3,803,988 t | 2,262,893 t | 1,971,804 t |
Commodity Production Costs:
| Commodity | Units | 2019 |
Cash costs
|
Copper
|
USD
|
......
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2020:
HME Type | Model |
Drill
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.......................
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