4-537: Marcona may refer to: Marcona District , Nazca Province, Peru San Juan de Marcona , capital of Marcona District Marcona Mine , an open-pit iron mine in Marcona District Marcona, an almond cultivar Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Marcona . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-584: The Italian-born Peruvian geographer Antonio Raimnondi found the iron ore reserves. The first explorations of the zone in terms of ores and minerals were started in 1915. Marcona District is the only area in Peru that mines iron ore and produces iron. The capital of the district San Juan de Marcona is located in Ica Region , Nazca Province . The exploitations of iron ore begun in 1953 in
12-413: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcona&oldid=894862649 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Marcona District Marcona District is one of five districts of
16-651: The province Nazca in Peru. The district capital is San Juan de Marcona a port on the Pacific coast. The major industry in the Marcona District is the Marcona Mine , an open-pit iron mine. The mine was acquired in 1992 by Shougang Corporation a state owned Chinese corporation which does business locally as Shougang Hierro Peru. In addition to mining, there is trade and commercial fishing. In 1870,
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