| Deposit ID | 10400146 |
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| Record type | Model Type |
| Current site name | Cuajone |
| Geographic coordinates: | 70.67167, 17.04213 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Peru(country)
South America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country |
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| Peru |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Azurite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Barite | Ore |
| Boulangerite | Ore |
| Bournonite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Brochantite | Ore |
| Carbonate-Hydroxylapatite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Jamesonite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Realgar | Ore |
| Rhodochrosite | Ore |
| Sericite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Stromeyerite | Ore |
| Tenorite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Model code | 53 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 17 |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 4 |
| 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 > Latite |
| Rock type qualifier | porphyry |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granodiorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| Rock type qualifier | andesitic |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| (1) | 70.67167, 17.04213 |
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| Development status | Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Year | 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 1630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anonymous, 1993, Peru: Advertisement Supplement to Mining Journal, January 22, v. 320, no. 8208, p. 1-12
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Concha, O., and Valle, J., 2000, Prospeccion, exploration y desarrollo del yacimiento de cuajone: Primer volumen de monografias de yacimentos minerales Peruanos. Historia, xploration y geologia: Lima, Institut de ingenieros de Minas del Peru, p. 117-143
Hollister, V.F., 1978, Geology of the porphyry copper deposits of the Western Hemisphere: The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., New York, 219 p.
Lacy, W.C., 1991, Discovery and development of the Toquepala and Cuajone deposits, peru, SA, in Hollister, V.F., ed., Porphyry copper, molybdenum, and gold deposits, volcanogenic deposits (massive sulfide) and deposits in layered rock. Case histories of mineral discoveries, v. 3: Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Littleton, Colorado, p. 53-59
Clark, A.H., 1993, Are outside porphyry copper deposits either anatomically or environmentall 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
Southern Copper Corporation, http://www.southernperu.com/AboutSCC/Company/Overview,
retrieved from the World Wide Web on 12/11/07.
http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/87/Southern_Peru_Copper_Corporation.html
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | Map Number 270 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-2007 | Baker, Deborah A. (Berger, Barney R.) | U.S. Geological Survey | Model type record |
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