Mine detail: Cerro Verde

Previously called 'Cimaron On Brgm Maps.'

Location:	Arequipa, Peru, South America
Lat / long:	-16.53103, -71.5996
dep_id:	10068755
mrds_id:	W002000
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Molybdenum, Silver, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
orebody_fm:	ILL DEFINED - TWO ORE BODIES
model:	53: Porphyry Cu
alteration:	Intense Hydrothermal Alteration - Sericite, Alunite Clay And Silica.
conc_proc:	Secondary Enrichment With Chalcocite. Oxides To Depths Of 50 To 60 M
ore_ctrl:	A Breccia Pipe Marking The Site Of An Explosive Vent That Is The Principal Structural Control Of The Copper Mineralization
Reporter:	Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Page, Norman J.
hrock_type:	Dacite
arock_type:	Quartz Monzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Large Breccia Pipe Consisting Of Angular Pieces Of Quartz Monzonite Porphyry, Blocks Of Basalt And Silicic Rocks.
tectonic:	Andean Cordillera
Year first produced:	1977
disc_yr:	1916
prod_yrs:	1975
discr:	Andes Exploration Company (Anaconda)
References:	Deposit:: MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS 1969 ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENICA DEL PERU. P. 52, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINA, LIMA, PERU. Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969 Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59. Deposit:: CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPOR* GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL, 1993, P. 181. Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1993, EXPLORATION REVIEW-SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, OCT. 1993, NO. 15. Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW-SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, JANUARY 1994, NO. 18, P. 18 Deposit:: LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 18, JULY*4, P. 26 Deposit:: 1916 DIREXPL ANDES EXPLORATION COMPANY Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT Production:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL 4/72 - P. 26; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991) Reserve-Resource:: LITTLE (1993)