Arequipa
Producer

Cerro Verde

Arequipa, Peru
CopperGoldMolybdenumSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Molybdenum, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsBrochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1977
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10304110
MRDS IDW002000
Alternate namesCerro Verde I, Cerro Verde Ii, Cerro Verde/Santa RosaSanta Rosa
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-16.531, -71.5663
References
PURSER, W.F., METAL MINING IN PERU, PAST AND PRESENT,PRAEGER, NEW YORK, PP. 148-149.ASHESOV, N., ET AL, CERRO VERDE AND SANTA ROSA, ANDEAN-PERUVIAN TIMES, VOL. 34, NO. 1764, P. 20."U.S.B.M., INTERNAL MEMORANDUM, DEC. 16, 1974.E/MJ, CERRO VERDE: RELYING ON SOLVENT EXTRACTION, NOV. 1979,PP. 138-141.MINING MAGAZINE, OCT. 1974, P. 273-275.WESTERN MINER, SEPT. 1980, PP. 51-52WESTERN MINER, CERRO VERDE COPPER MINE AT AREQUIPA, PERU:ENGINEERING THE STAGE I PROCESS PLANT, JAN. 1979.MINING MAGAZINE, MARCH 1978.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JULY, 1977.THE ANDEAN REPORT, APRIL, 1978.THE ANDEAN REPORT, APRIL, 1977.THE ANDEAN REPORT, JUNE, 1976.CIM BULLETIN, CERRO VERDE PROJECT - STAGE 1, COPPER - OXIDESTO CATHODES", OCT., 1978, P.96-108.WESTERN MINER, CERRO VERDE I, SEPTEMBER 1982. P. 18,20.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, PERU STUDIES EXPANSIONALTERNATIVE FOR CERRO VERDE, - SEPTEMBER 1985, P. 20MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 9/13/85, P. 2,3ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MINEROPERU DEVELOPS CERROVERDE, 12/88, P. 14,16THE NORTHERN MINER, P. 13 (APRIL 11, 1994).SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, P. 10 (MAR. 26, 1994).PAY DIRT, P. 6B (MAY 1994).AMERICAN METAL MARKET, P. 2 (MAR. 23, 1994).LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 7/N 19, 10/17/88, P.1.METALS WEEK, 10/1/90, P.2.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 12/91, P.12.METALS WEEK, 2/24/92, P.6.MINING JOURNAL, SUPPLEMENT, V 320/N 8208, 1/22/93, P.11.AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 5/31/93, P.6.LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 12/N 11, 7/9/93, P.5,6.AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 7/13/93, P.7.LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, V 12/N 12, 7/23/93, P.1,2.MINING JOURNAL, V 321/N 8239, 8/27/93, P.133,134.AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 11/12/93, P.2,16.METAL BULLETIN, 11/15/93, P.11.SKILLINGS', 11/20/93, P.11.METAL BULLETIN, 12/6/93, P.11.SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, 11/94, P.4A.SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, NO. 668, 2/95, P.3B.MINING RECORD, V 106/N 28, 7/12/95, P.7.METALS WEEK, P. 6 (MAR. 28, 1994).ENGINEERING AND MINING JJOURNAL, NOV., 1984, P. 83MINERO PERU, UNIDAD DE PRODUCCION CERRO VERDE, AREQUIPA-PERU, 1986.LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 11/15/93, P.1.MINING JOURNAL, SUPPLEMENT, V 320/N 8208, 1/22/93, P.14,15.MINERO PERU, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, 1991, P.11.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 2/93, P.WW29-WW31.CYPRUS AMAX MINERALS CO., 1994 10-K, P.2-5.MINING JOURNAL, P. 213 (MAR. 25, 1994).MINING JOURNAL, P. 194 (MAR. 18, 1994).LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, P. 1 (AUG. 25, 1993).