Toquepala

Producer in Peru with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400170
Record type Model Type
Current site name Toquepala
Alternate or previous names Pampa Negra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 70.60057, 17.21661 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Peru(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Peru

Comments on the location information

  • Assoc deposits less 5km: 22c
  • Assoc deposits less 10km: 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Andalusite Ore
Anhydrite Ore
Gypsum Ore
Anilite Ore
Apatite Ore
Biotite Ore
Bornite Ore
Calcite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Digenite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorite Ore
Clay Ore
Copper Ore
Enargite Ore
Epidote Ore
Galena Ore
Garnet Ore
Hematite Ore
Jarosite Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrophyllite Ore
Rutile Ore
Sericite Ore
Siderite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Comments on the analytical data

  • In 1999: geologic resources are > 1 bt, mineable reserve of 300 kt and > 1% Cu at 0.4% Cu cutoff. Py/cp rate varies from 2/1 to 15/1 in breccia.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock type qualifier agglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock type qualifier porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 70.60057, 17.21661

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1959

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Southern Peru Copper Corp.
    Home office Av. Caminos del Inca 171-Urb.\nCharacrilla del Estangue Santiago\nde Surco, Lima 33 Peru

Comments on the ownership information

  • 1999: Grupo Mexico-Southern Peru's new majority owner; 54% owned gy Grupo mexico, S.A., de C.V.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • anonymous, 1993: Peru: Advertisement Supplement to Mining Journal, January 22, v. 320, no. 8208, p. 1-12
  • Chavez, W.X., 1999, Peru, exploration review; SEG Newsletter, no .37, p. 29
  • Clark, 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. 213-283
  • Long, 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. 35-68
  • Petersen, Ulrich, 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 no. 5, p. 1-18
  • Mattos, R., and Valle, J., 2000, Exploracion, geologia y desarrollo del yacimiento toquepala: Primer volumen de monografias de yacimentos minerales Peruanos. Historia, exploration y geologia: Lima, Institute de ingenieros de Minas del Peru, p. 101-116
  • Richard, K., and Courtright, J.H., 1958, Geology of Toquepala, Peru: Mining Engineering, v. 10, p. 262-?

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Map Number 272

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-2007 Baker, Deborah A. (Berger, Barney R.) U.S. Geological Survey Model type record

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.