Mine detail: Toro Mocho

Previously called 'Toromocho'

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Location

Lat / long:

11.60044, 76.13372

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Molybdenum, Copper
Ore:	Actinolite, Biotite, Bismuthinite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Covellite, Cubanite, Diopside, Enargite, Galena, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite, Serpentine, Sphalerite, Talc, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite, Tremolite
Gangue:	Biotite, Quartz, Pyrite, Sericite
Discovery year:	1928

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	CU AG MO
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:

Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite,Quartz Monzonite,Basalt,Phyllite,Sandstone,Andesite,Diorite,Granodiorite,Dolomite

References

DEP

10400172

Reference

{Geology:: Alvarez, A.A., The Toromocho Deposit, Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas, Lima, Peru, pp. 205-225, 1999}{Ownership:: http://mininglife.com www.perucopper.com Retrieved from the WWW 12/14/07}{Reference:: Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., Moring, B.C., Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database, maps, and grade and tonnage models, USGS Open-File Report 2005-1060 (2005). http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1060/of2005-1060.pdf. Retrieved from the WWW on 12/11/07}