Producer

Cerro Verde

Peru
MolybdenumCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePorphyry
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Materials
Ore mineralsAlunite, Anhydrite, Biotite, Bornite, Brochantite, Celadonite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Clay, Cubanite, Enargite, Galena, Ilmenite, Luzonite, Mackinawite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sericite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tourmaline, Chalcocite
Geology
Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Dacite,Granodiorite,Gneiss,Sandstone,Siltstone,Shale,Diorite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10400143
Alternate namesSanta Rosa
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates16.51887, 71.57244
References
http://www.phelpsdodge.com/AboutUs/WorldwideLocations/LocationDetails/Peru_AArequipa.htmMinesearch, Metals Economics Group, http://www.metalseconomics.com/Owner: Phelps Dodge\nhttp://www.phelpsdodge.com/ownershipAnonymous, 1994, Cyprus acquires Cerro Verde mine: The Northern Miner, v. 80, no. 6, April 11, p. 3.Anonymous, 1993, Peru: Advertisement Supplement to Mining Journal, January 22, v. 320, no. 8208, p.1-12Le Bel, L.M. 1985, mineralization in the Arequipa segment: the porphyry-Cu deposit of Cerro Verde/Santa Rosa, in Pitcher, W.S., Atherton, M.P., Cobbing, E.J., and Beckinsale, R.D., eds., Magmatism at a plate edge of the Peruvian Andes: Blackie, London, p. 250-260Clark, A.H., 1993, Are outsize porphyry copper deposits either anatomically or environmentally distinctive, in Whiting, B.H., Hodgson, C.J., and Mason, R., eds., Giant ore deposits: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 2, p. 213-283Long, 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. 35-68Petersen, U., and Vidal, C.E., 1996, Magmatic and tectonic controls on the nature and distribution of copper deposits in Peru, in Camus, F., Sillitoe, R.H., and Petersen, R., eds., Andean copper deposits: new discoveries, mineralization, styles and metallogeny: Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 5, p. 1-18Sillitoe, R.H., 1988, Epochs of intrusion-related copper mineralization in the Andes: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 1, no. 1, p. 89-107Singer, 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