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Chungar Mine
The Chungar Mine, inactive, exploited a polymetallic (Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag) skarn deposit in the high Andes of central Peru. It is located about 116 km NE of Lima, 57 km southwest of Cerro de Pasco, and 82 km northwest of La Oroya in the (Santa Cruz de Andamarca District, Huaral Province, Lima Region, , 4380 m.a.s.l.). In 1971, a landslide-generated wave ("landslide tsunami") at the Yanawayin Lake destroyed most of the surface facilities and killed 200-600 persons, including miners in flooded underground workings. The mine was owned by Cia. Minera Chungar, S.A.C. After the 1971 disaster, this mining company, keeping the same name, transferred the operations 16 km NE to the Animón mine in the Huarón Mining District. Between 1995 and 2008, Compañía Minera Cerro S.A. rehabilitated some underground workings and had a small scale operation. Since 2015, the mining company Volcan is exploring the surroundings of the Chungar Mine (Romina project) including the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanawayin Landslide And Remainings Of Buildings Of The Chungar Mine - Looking SW IMG 3273
Yanawayin (Quechua language, Quechua ''yana'' black, Ancash Quechua ''wayi'' house, "black house", ''-n'' a suffix, other spellings ''Yanahuain, Yanahuin, Yanahuni, Yanahuani'') is a lake in the central Peruvian Andes. It lies in the Lima Region, Huaral Province, Santa Cruz de Andamarca District, Andamarca District, near the village of Yanawayin ''(Yanahuain)''.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaral Province (Lima Region) showing the lake (unnamed) near the village of Yanawayin ''(Yanahuain)'' and near the destroyed village of Chungar The lake is situated at an altitude of about . Landslide The site made world headlines in 1971 when on March 18 a rock avalanche of fell from an outcrop of jointed limestone about above the lake. It created a wave of that destroyed the Chungar Mine camp on the shore, owned by the Mining Company (Cia Minera Chungar, S.A.), destroyed all the mines' surface facilities, and killed 200–600 miners. See also * Willkaqucha References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
