Mine detail: Toro Mocho Copper Deposit - 19

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Location

Lat / long:

-11.62288, -76.19972

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Bismuth
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Silver, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1965

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Excelsior Group;Mitu Group, Catalina;Pucara Group;Goyllarisquisga & Machay Groups
Host type:	Conglomerate,Dacite
Associated rock:	Anticona Granodiorite, Cut By Monzonite Dikes;Potosi, San Francisco, Gertrudis & Yantac-Monzonite Porphyry;Quartz Porphyry, Morococha Series
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Reg.Struct: Yauli Dome N. 35 W., Morococha Anticline That Forms Northern Part Of Yauli Dome And Potosi - Toldo Folds
Tectonic:	Andes
Alteration processes:	Tremolite, Actinolite, Diopside, Garnet, Serpentine,Chlorite, Tall, Epidote, Quartz, Biotite, Magnetite

References

MRDS	W002023
DEP	10068774
Reference	{Deposit:: PETERSON U., 1965, REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MAJOR ORE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL PERU; ECON. GEOL. VOL. 60 NO. 3 P. 407-476}{Deposit:: SIMONS F. S., 1965; MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERU (UNPUBLISHED REPORT) P. 695-765.}{Deposit:: BARRANTES GARATE ET 1970. GEOLOGIA Y ESTRUCTURA DEL YACIMIENTO DEL PROYECTO MOROCOCHA, IN GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS OPERADOS POR LA CERRO DE PASCO CORP. P. 131-155}{Deposit:: PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969}{Deposit:: KULP, J.L., AMSTUTZ, G.C., AND ECKELMANN, F.D., 1957, LEAD ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF PERUVIAN GALENAS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.52, NO.8, P. 914-922.}{Deposit:: EYZAGUIRRE, V.R., MONTOYA, D.E., SILBERMAN, M.L., AND NOBLE, D.C., 1975, AGE OF IGNEOUS ACTIVITY AND MINERALIZATION, MOROCOCHA DISTRICT, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 70, NO. 6, P. 123-1126.}{Deposit:: 1953 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Deposit:: 1965 GEOLMAP CERRO DE PASCO}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL ANNUAL REVIEW 1969 - P. 267 - AND U.S.B.M. MINERAL YEARBOOK 1968 VOL. 4}
Reporter	Goudarzi, Gus H., Ericksen, George E., Page, Norman J.