Mine detail: Cerro Negro

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

16.54577, 71.55335

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Antlerite, Azurite, Malachite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Chrysocolla, Clay, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Hematite, Specularite, Pyrite, Sericite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1995

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Unknown

Geology

Host type:

Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Dacite,Gneiss,Sandstone,Siltstone,Shale,Diorite,Granodiorite

References

DEP	10400142
Reference	{Reference:: Bidgood, T., 2000, Geologia del yacimiento Cerro Negro: Primer volumen de monografias de yacimentos minerales Peruanos. Historia, exploration y geologia: Lima, Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas del peru, p. 227-230}{Reference:: Zappettini, E., Godeas, M., Seggiaro, P., Korzeniewski, L.I., Rubiolo, D., Miranda-Angles, V., Uribe-Zeballos, H., Heuschmidt, B., Rodriges, C.S., Vivallo, A.S., Gardeweg, M.P., Mpodozis, C.M., Palacios, C., Maidana, M.P., Rondoy, E.B., Ronquillo, M.C., and Cocking, R., 2001, Mapa metallogenico de la region fronteriza entre Argentina, Bolivia, Chile y Peru (14oS y 28oS) Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Minera-Chile, Publication Geologica Multinacional, no. 2, 222 p. and 1 map}
Reporter	Baker, Deborah A. (Berger, Barney R.)