Mine detail: Cerro Colorado

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Location:	Tarapaca, Chile, South America
Lat / long:	-20.042, -69.26423
dep_id:	10279968
mrds_id:	W001971
mas_id:	3370470001
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Molybdenum
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Producer
other_matl:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Porter, Kenneth E.
Year first produced:	1994
disc_yr:	1963
References:	Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, CHILE: UNEXPLOITED COPPER DEPOSITS: VOL. Deposit:: 282, P. 259. Deposit:: SUTULOV, A.,ED., INTERNATIONAL MOLYBDENUM ENCYCLOPEDIA, 1778 Deposit:: 1978, VOL.1, INTERMET PUBLISHERS, SANTIAGO, 1978, PP.53-54 Deposit:: ,61, 68. Deposit:: DMA SERIES 150, MAP, SHEET OF 19-2, SCALE 1:250,000. Deposit:: WORLD MINING, FEB. 1976. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, AUG. 15, 1979, P.119. Deposit:: E/MJ, JULY, 1985, P. Deposit:: E/MJ, NOV. 1985, P. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 12/4/85 P. Deposit:: MINE DEVEL. BI MONTHLY, 12/31/85, P. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 2/17/89, P. 3 Deposit:: U.S. EMBASSY, TRIP REPORT, AUG. 26-31, 1988 Deposit:: CHARLES RIVER INC., CERRA COLORADO PROFILE REPORT, CONTRACT Deposit:: # , 8/15/88. Deposit:: GOLDER ASSOC., CERRO COLORADO PROFILE REPORT, CONTRACT # Deposit:: FEB. 1980. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 8/3/89, P. 5. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL; NEW PROPOSAL FOR CERRO COLORADO, 8/15/88, Deposit:: P. 100. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE; TESTING AT CERRO, 4/89, P. 257. Deposit:: LAML; RIO ALGOM TESTS AT CERRO COLORADO, 2/17/89, VOL. 8, Deposit:: NO. 3, P. 3. Deposit:: LAML, MIERA RIO ALGOM BEGINS TESTS IN CERRO COLORADO, VOL. Deposit:: 8, NO. 14, P. 5. Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT - MINERALS FOR CHILE FOR 1988, Deposit:: P. 19. Deposit:: LAML; RIO ALGOM FINANCE IN PLACE, 11/15/91, P. 5. Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER; DIVIDEND WO* SLOW RI* PLANS, Deposit:: 3/11/91, P. 18. Deposit:: E&MJ, 10/91, P. 43. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL; RIO ALGO* PLANS FOR CERRO COLORADO, Deposit:: 5/15/92, P. 349. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL; APPROVAL AND FINANCE FOR CERRO COLORADO, Deposit:: 1/31/92, P. 76, 77. Deposit:: METALS WEEK, 4/13/92, P. 6. Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET; RIO ALGOM GIVEN COPPER MINE OK, Deposit:: 1/30/92, P. 5. Deposit:: LAML; RIO ALGOM DETAILS PLANS FOR CERRO COLORADO, VOL. 11, Deposit:: NO. 7, P. 3, 4, 5/12/92. Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER; RIO ALGOM TO DEVELOP COPPER MINE IN Deposit:: CHILE, 2/10/92, P. 18. Deposit:: LAML, 4/28/92, P. 7, 8. Deposit:: THE NORTHERN MINER; RIO GETS CHILEAN MINE FINANCING, Deposit:: 6/8/92, P. 3. Deposit:: LAML; RIO ALGOM COMPLETES CERRO COLORADO FINANCING, 6/15/92, Deposit:: P. 4. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 7/10/92, P. 26. Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, 7/92, P. 669. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 8/92, P. 123. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1/17/86, P.42. Deposit:: MINERALS AND MATERIALS, AUG./SEPT., 1985, P.15. Deposit:: METALS BULLETIN MONTHLY, 3/92, P.97. Deposit:: METALLOGENIC MAP OF CHILE, 1990, P.33 (NO. 3). Deposit:: CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, 11/92, P.6. Deposit:: METALS BULLETIN MONTHLY, 9/92, P.79. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 4/17/92, P.277. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 7/31/92, P.4. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 4/18/93, P.4. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 9/30/93, P.3. Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN, 12/9/93, P.15. Deposit:: MINING WEEKLY, 11/26/93, P.1,2. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1/94, P.29. Deposit:: NORTHERN MINER, 4/5/93, P.3. Deposit:: MINERIA CHILENA, 5/93, P.7,9. Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY, 10/94, P.73. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 9/16/94, P.5. Deposit:: MINERIA CHILENA, CERRO COLORADO ESTUDIA EXPANSION A 60 MIL Deposit:: TMA DE CATODOS, V 13/N 161, 11/94, P.75,77. Deposit:: CRU INTERNATIONAL LTD., COPPER STUDIES, V 23/N 6, 12/95, Deposit:: P.7,10. Reserve-Resource:: RTZ CORP., 1991 20F, P.11. Reserve-Resource:: NORTHERN MINER, 6/28/93, P.B1,B10. Reserve-Resource:: RIO ALGOM LTD., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.23. Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL, 1/24/86, P. Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL, 8/15/88, P. 100 Reserve-Resource:: MINING MAGAZINE, 4/89, P. 257. Reserve-Resource:: THE NORTHERN MINER; RIO GETS CHILEAN MINE FINANCING, 6/8/92, Reserve-Resource:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 14/N 3, 3/11/95, P.7,8. Reserve-Resource:: RIO ALGOM LTD., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.5. Reserve-Resource:: RIO ALGOM LTD., 1996 ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM. P.4.