Mine detail: Cerro Verde

Previously called 'Cimaron On Brgm Maps.'

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Location

Lat / long:

-16.53103, -71.5996

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	ILL DEFINED - TWO ORE BODIES
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1975
First production started:	1977

Geology

Host type:	Dacite
Associated 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
Alteration processes:	Intense Hydrothermal Alteration - Sericite, Alunite Clay And Silica.

References

MRDS	W002000
DEP	10068755
Reference	{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NO. 18, JULY *4, P. 26}{Deposit:: 1916 DIREXPL ANDES EXPLORATION COMPANY}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Production:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL 4/72 - P. 26; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)}{Reserve-Resource:: LITTLE (1993)}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.), Page, Norman J.