Mine detail: Cuajone

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 17.04213, 70.67167

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Molybdenum, Copper
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Malachite, Barite, Boulangerite, Bournonite, Bornite, Brochantite, Carbonate-Hydroxylapatite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Jamesonite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Rhodochrosite, Sericite, Sphalerite, Silver, Stibnite, Stromeyerite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1939

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Latite,Quartz Monzonite,Basalt,Granodiorite,Limestone,Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Andesite,Conglomerate

References

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Reference{Ownership:: http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/87/Southern_Peru_Copper_Corporation.html}{Production:: Southern Copper Corporation, http://www.southernperu.com/AboutSCC/Company/Overview, retrieved from the World Wide Web on 12/11/07.}{Reference:: Anonymous, 1993, Peru: Advertisement Supplement to Mining Journal, January 22, v. 320, no. 8208, p. 1-12}{Reference:: Asarco, Inc. Annual Reports, 1981-1996}{Reference:: Concha, O., and Valle, J., 2000, Prospeccion, exploration y desarrollo del yacimiento de cuajone: Primer volumen de monografias de yacimentos minerales Peruanos. Historia, xploration y geologia: Lima, Institut de ingenieros de Minas del Peru, p. 117-143}{Reference:: Hollister, V.F., 1978, Geology of the porphyry copper deposits of the Western Hemisphere: The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., New York, 219 p.}{Reference:: Lacy, W.C., 1991, Discovery and development of the Toquepala and Cuajone deposits, peru, SA, in Hollister, V.F., ed., Porphyry copper, molybdenum, and gold deposits, volcanogenic deposits (massive sulfide) and deposits in layered rock. Case histories of mineral discoveries, v. 3: Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Littleton, Colorado, p. 53-59}{Reference:: Clark, A.H., 1993, Are outside porphyry copper deposits either anatomically or environmentall distinctive? in Whiting, B.H., Hodgson, C.J., and Mason, R., eds., Giant ore deposits; Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 2, p. 213-283}{Reference:: Long, K.R., 1995, Production and reserves of cordilleran (Alaska to Chile) porphyry copper deposits, in Pierce, F.W., and Bolm, J.G., eds., Porphyry copper deposits of the American Cordillera: Tucson, Arizona, Geological Society Digest 20, p. 35-68}
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