Source:
p. 81, 82, 200
Summary:
The Las Truchas deposits consist of massive concentrations of magnetite of irregular morphology. The main Las Truchas deposits occur along about seven kilometers long and about two kilometers wide. The Las Truchas mineral deposits have been classified as hydrothermal deposits, which may have originated from injections of late stage-plutonic-activity through older sedimentary rocks. The mineralization of the Las Truchas iron deposits occurs in disseminated and irregular massive concentrations of magnetite within metamorphic rocks and skarns. The mineralization also occurs as fillings of faults, breccia zones, and fractures.
Summary:
The Las Truchas mine is an integrated iron ore operation. It began operating in 1976 as a government enterprise (Sicartsa), and its mining activities consist of an open pit mine exploitation, crushing, dry cobbing preconcentrate and concentration plant.
Crusher / Mill Type | Model | Size | Power | Quantity |
Ball mill
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|
|
|
2
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Rod mill
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|
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2
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Summary:
The concentrator includes one primary crusher, two secondary crushers and three tertiary crushers, two ball mill and two bar mill.
Processing
- Crush & Screen plant
- Magnetic separation
Source:
Summary:
The concentrator includes crushing and milling circuits, and two wet magnetic separation circuits. The electrical energy supplier for the Las Truchas mine is the state-owned power company, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). The concentrated ore is pumped from the mine site through a 26-kilometer slurry pipeline to the steel plant facility in Lázaro Cárdenas.
Production:
Commodity | Units | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Iron Ore
|
Mt
| ......  | ......  | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
All production numbers are expressed as lump & fines.
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Reserves at December 31, 2020:
Iron ore reserve and resources estimates are including San Jose and Las Truchas mines.
Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade |
Proven
|
11 Mt
|
Iron
|
37.7 %
|
Probable
|
109 Mt
|
Iron
|
31 %
|
Proven & Probable
|
120 Mt
|
Iron
|
31.6 %
|
Measured & Indicated
|
82 Mt
|
Iron
|
30.4 %
|
Inferred
|
32 Mt
|
Iron
|
31.2 %
|
Financials:
| Units | 2015 |
Operating Income
|
M USD
|
-220
|
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