Huarón Mining District in the context of "Copper extraction"

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⭐ Core Definition: Huarón Mining District

11°01′00″S 76°26′00″W / 11.01667°S 76.43333°W / -11.01667; -76.43333

The Huarón Mining District is one of the richest polymetallic (Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-(Au)) deposit clusters in Peru. It is located 20 km SSW of Cerro de Pasco, in the Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, between 4500 and 4700 m.a.s.l. The Huarón Mining District belongs to the Miocene polymetallic belt of the Central Andes. Hydrothermal mineralization occurs as predominantly in N-S to NNW-SSW and E-W veins as well as in "mantos" replacing favorable sedimentary rock. Epithermal hydrothermal fluids are thought to be derived from quartz-monzonitic intrusions tentatively dated at 7.4 Ma (K-Ar on adularia). The most important economic minerals are tennantite‐tetrahedrite (containing most of the silver), sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite. Silver is also found in pyrargyrite, proustite, polybasite, and pearceite. In the central copper core of the Huarón deposit, enargite occurs. Main gangue minerals are pyrite, quartz, rhodochrosite, and calcite.

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👉 Huarón Mining District in the context of Copper extraction

Copper extraction is the multi-stage process of obtaining copper from its ores. The conversion of copper ores consists of a series of physical, chemical, and electrochemical processes. Methods have evolved and vary with country depending on the ore source, local environmental regulations, and other factors. The copper smelters with the highest production capacity (metric tons of copper yearly) lie in China, Chile, India, Germany, Japan, Peru and Russia. China alone has over half of the world's production capacity and is also the world's largest consumer of refined copper.

Precious metals and sulfuric acid are often valuable by-products of copper refining. Arsenic is the main type of impurity found in copper concentrates to enter smelting facilities. There has been an increase in arsenic in copper concentrates over the years since shallow, low-arsenic copper deposits have been progressively depleted.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Copper extraction ← Copper mining ← Copper mine
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Tailings → Enargite → Quartz → Pyrite → Huarón mine → Sphalerite → Tetrahedrite → Tennantite → Rhodocrosite → Proustite → Pyrargyrite → Cerro de Pasco → Huayllay District → Pasco Province → Pasco Department → M.a.s.l. → Adularia → Mineral → Galena → Chalcopyrite → Polybasite → Pearceite → Gangue → Rhodochrosite → Calcite →