A large modern open-pit copper-rhenium-molybdenum mine in copper porphyry, disseminated fine-grained sulphide ore with abundant anhydrite veins and tourmaline breccias.
Owned by SPCC. Reserves: 700 million tons @ 0.74% Cu. Crystal vugs are either rare or nonexistent. The oxide zone has been completely consumed. Located not far from the Moquegua department border.
References:
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 118.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
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Map Reference: 17°14'42"S , 70°36'50"W
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