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Peru

Carahuacra Norte Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusClosing / Closed
Commodities
  • Zinc
  • Lead
  • Copper
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Carahuacra Norte pit is part of the Yauli operating unit.

The Carahuacra Norte Pit has been on hold since 2018. Conceptual studies are being conducted for its use as a waste rock and/or tailings storage site.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Volcan Compania Minera S.A.A. 100 % Indirect
Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. and its subsidiary companies engaged in the mining sector operate the mining unit of Yauli, which includes the Carahuacra Norte open pit mine.

In May 2024, Glencore disposed of its 23.3% interest in Volcan Companja Minera S.A.A. to Transition Metals AG, a subsidiary of Integra Capital.

Deposit type

  • Vein / narrow vein

Summary:

The Carahuacra deposit lies on the southwest flank of the Yauli anticline, formed by Tertiary folding. Manto ore, formed before the climax of the Andean orogeny, consists mainly of ferroan sphalerite and pyrite, with negligible chalcopyrite. These were later brecciated tectonically to form two zones of 'breccia ore'. The last phase of mineralization involved formation of epithermal cross veins with sphalerite, pyrite, galena, tetrahedrite, and jamesonite, and irregular cementation of fragments in the breccia ore by sphalerite-galena and pyrite-marcasite. Supergene alteration, particularly pronounced in the breccia zone, has formed ore much enriched in silver (native silver, argentite, pyrargyrite).

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

Combined production numbers are reported under Yauli Operation

Operational metrics

Metrics2018201720162015
Tonnes processed 44 kt105 kt273 kt369 kt
Daily ore mining rate

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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