page_title: Chungar Mine
hierarchical_section_title: Chungar Mine
caption_attribution_description: English: Partial view of the Yanawayin Lake. To the left: partly reworked rocks of the landslide that destroyed in 1971 most of the Chungar Mine facilities (in part still visible in the picture). Picture looking SW
context_page_description: The Chungar Mine, inactive, exploited a polymetallic 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. In 1971, a landslide-generated wave 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 including the Puagjanca area where a Zn-Pb- ore body was discovered.
context_section_description: 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, 11°07′27″S 76°31′56″W, 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 Puagjanca area where a Zn-Pb-(Ag) ore body was discovered.
caption: Remains of the Chungar Mine camp that was destroyed by a landslide-generated wave at the Yanawayin Lake. Picture looking SW.
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