In addition to mining, there is trade and commercial fishing. In 1870, 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 the bay of San Juan, in parts by the United States company
Marcona Mining Company. ==References==