Junin
Producer

Toromocho

Junin, Peru
CopperSilverMolybdenumGoldUraniumTungstenBismuthAntimony
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Molybdenum, Gold
TertiaryUranium, Tungsten, Bismuth, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsBismuthinite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsDec. 2013,
Identification
Deposit ID10207032
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-11.6, -76.15
References
Mining Engineering, 2014, Toromocho Mine begins production in Peru; Openpit mine is owned by China's state-owned Chinalco: Mining Engineering, Jan. 2014, v. 66, no. 1, p. 15.EYZAGUIRRE, V., MONTOYA, D., SILBERMAN, M., NOBLE, D., 1975, IGNEOUS ACTIVITY AND MINERALIZATION, MOROCOCHA DIST., PERU: GEOL. VOL. 70, NO. 6, P. 1123.ANDEAN AIR MAIL - PERUVIAN TIMES,1974, ANDEAN TIMES: PERU MI SURVEY: ANDEAN TIMES, WEEKLY, VOL. 34, NO 1764, 88PANDEAN-PERUVIAN TIMES, 1974, DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION PROJE LIMA, PERU, VOL. 34, NO. 1764, P. 60.MINING JOURNAL, TOROMOCHO DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY: FEBRUARY 15, 1974.METALS SOURCEBOOK, PERU: FEBRUARY 25, 1974.METALS SOURCEBOOK, PERU: MARCH 11, 1974.MINING JOURNAL, TOROMOCHO BID: AUGUST 1, 1975, P. 87.WORLD MINING CATALOG, SURVEY AND DIRECTORY NUMBER, PERU: V. 29, NO. 7, 1976, P. 186.MINING MAGAZINE, PERUVIAN COPPER: V. 134, NO. 2, 1976, P. 131.WORLD MINING, LATIN AMERICA: PERU: FLUOR UTAH HEADS STUDY GROUP FOR TOROMOCHO COPPER PORPHYRY PROJECT: V. 29, NO. 2, 1976.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, TOROMOCHO: V. 176, NO. 10, 1975.METALS SOURCEBOOK, PERU: OCTOBER 28, 1974.METALS SOURCEBOOK, COPPER: JUNE 4, 1973.WORLD MINING, PERU: V. 27, NO. 6, 1974, P. 59.MINING MAGAZINE, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF PERU: V. 131, NO. 4, 1974, P. 262-263, 271, 275.MEMORANDUM, U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, WASHINGTON D. C.: DECEMBER 16, 1974.MINING MAGAZINE, PERU: V. 140, NO. 1, 1979, P. 68.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, COPPER: SOUTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN: V. 179, NO. 1, 1978, P. 70.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. CENTROMIN PERU AND MINERO PERU. NOV. 1979, PP. 128-141.GOLDER ASSOCIATES REPORT ON TOROMOCHO PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MAS, 1980, 11 PP.EL YACIMIENTO POLIMETALICO DE TOROMOCHO. MENSAJE DEL PRESIDENTE EJECUTIVO DE CENTROMIN PERU, 1974?, PP. 6-20.CERRO DE PASCO CORPORATION. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MOROCOCHA LOW GRADE PROJECT. NOV. 4, 1968.WORLD MINING, JULY 1981MINING JOURNAL, JULY 1, 1983MINE DEVELOPMENT MONTHLY, SEPT. 1981ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 8/84, P.48.TOROMOCHO: A PROJECT IN SEARCH OF PARTNERS. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1979, P.133.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1984, P.67.CENTROMIN PERU, TOROMOCHO PROJECT, 1992, 5PP.