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Cerro Verde

Producer in Arequipa, Peru with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068755
MRDS ID W002000
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Verde
Alternate or previous names Cimaron On Brgm Maps.
Related records 10304110

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -71.5996, -16.53103 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 1100 KM SOUTH OF LIMA - 16 KM SOUTH OF AREQUIPA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Arequipa(province)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Peru Arequipa

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TAKEN FROM INDEX MAP IN MINING MAGAZINE SEPT. 1969 VOL. 121 NO. 6 P. 512 AND METALLOGENIC MAP OF PERU - 1969 - NO. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Hydrothermal Alteration - Sericite, Alunite Clay And Silica.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -71.5996, -16.53103
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Large Breccia Pipe Consisting Of Angular Pieces Of Quartz Monzonite Porphyry, Blocks Of Basalt And Silicic Rocks.

Ore body information

  • General form ILL DEFINED - TWO ORE BODIES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Breccia Pipe Marking The Site Of An Explosive Vent That Is The Principal Structural Control Of The Copper Mineralization

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Andes Exploration Company (Anaconda)
Year of first production 1977
Production years 1975

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minero Peru; Cyprus Amax
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda, Cyprus Amax
    Interest 91.5
    Last year 1994

Comments on the production information

  • EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 30,000 MET TONS CU ANNUALLY OR EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 3 MIL TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 1.1% CU ANNUALLY IN 1975. CU 1980-1990 INCLUDES FINE CU IN CATHODES AND IN CONCENTRATES. ACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Total resources 536000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.74 wt-pct Copper Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CSI (COPPER STUDIES) 4/20/72 REPORTS 227 MIL TONS 0.91% CU AND THE ADJACENT SANTA ROSA DEPOSIT TO CONTAIN 200 MIL TONS 0.7% CU; ORE(1) = SULFIDES, ORE(2) = OXIDES, GRADE IS FEED GRADE: ORE(3) = MIXED OXIDE-SULFIDE; ORE(4) SECONDARY SULFIDE; ORE(5) TOTAL RESERVES; ORE(1993) (1)-(5) FOR CERRO VERDE BODY. ORE(1993), (1A) -(5A) FOR SANTA ROSA BODY.
  • ESTIMATED BY REPORTER (ORECO). ORE (1) MINEABLE RESERVES OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SULFIDES. ORE (2) GEOLOGICAL RESOURCE.
  • ESTIMATED BY THE REPORTER 2-73 TO HAVE POTENTIAL RESOURCES EQUIVALENT TO THE PRESENT DAY DEMONSTRATED RESERVES

Comments on development

  • TILL 1985 FIRST STEP: OXIDIC ORES. EXPECTED AVERAGE CAPACITY: 33000 MET TPY 99.98 % CU. CYPRUS BOUGHT PROPERTY FOR 37 MILLION DOLLARS AND PLANS TO UPGRADE CONCENTRATE PLANT WITH INVESTMENT OF 485 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. ; ECON.COM: TOTAL INVESTMENTS FOR THE FIRST STEP: 199.505 M$. EXPECTE INVESTMENTS FOR THE SECOND STEP: 1.300 M$. 1990 SULFIDE CONCENTRATOR CAPACITY 2500 MT/DAY WITH SULFIDE FEED GRADE OF 0.72% CU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINAS 1969 ASPECTOS GENERALES DE LA METALOGENICA DEL PERU. P. 52, MINISTERIO DE ENERGIA Y MINA, LIMA, PERU.

  • Deposit

    PERU-MAPA METALOGENETICO, 1969, AND, GUIA PARA EL MAPA METALOGENETICO DEL PERU, SOCIEDAD NACIONAL DE MINERIA Y PETROLEO, LIMA, PERU, NOV. 1969

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    CAVANAGH, J., AND GLOVER, M., 1991, THE PERU REPORT'S GUIDE TO MINES AND MINERS IN PERU: LIMA, PERU, PERU REPORTING SERVICIOS EDITORIALES S.R.L.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1993, PERUVIAN COPPER: MINING MAGAZINE, APRIL, 1993, P. 181.

  • Deposit

    LITTLE, M.L., 1993, EXPLORATION REVIEW-SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, OCT. 1993, NO. 15.

  • Deposit

    LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW-SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, JANUARY 1994, NO. 18, P. 18

  • Deposit

    LITTLE, M.L., 1994, EXPLORATION REVIEW: SOUTH AMERICA: SEG NEWSLETTER, NO. 18, JULY '94, P. 26

  • Deposit

    1916 DIREXPL ANDES EXPLORATION COMPANY

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE FRANK SIMONS UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Production

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL 4/72 - P. 26; CAVANAGH AND GLOVER (1991)

  • Reserve-Resource

    LITTLE (1993)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CERRO VERDE CONSISTS OF TWO ORE BODIES; A SMALLER OXIDIZED ZONE CONTAINING 50 MIL TONS AND A SULFIDE ZONE CONTAINING 200 MIL TONS OF HIGHER GRADE ORE. THE ADJACENT SANTA ROSA DEPOSIT IS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 200 MIL TONS 0.7% COPPER, ALSO TO START PRODUCTION IN 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1973 Goudarzi, Gus H. (Theune, C. T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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