Cuajone mine

Cuajone mine
Location
Moquegua Region
Country Peru
Production
Products Copper

The Cuajone mine is a large copper mine located in the south of Peru in Moquegua Region. Cuajone represents one of the largest copper reserve in Peru and in the world having estimated reserves of 1.6 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.57% copper.[1]

Geology

The porphyry copper deposit and hypogene mineralization occurred in the Early Eocene. Supergene sulfide enrichment began in the Late Oligocene and continued until the Early Miocene. Chalcocite is the more common copper ore mineral as massive assemblages.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Copper mines" (PDF). southernperu.com. 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
  2. Clark, Alan; Tosdal, Richard; Farrar, Edward; Plazolles V., Armando (1990). "Geomorphologic Environment and Age of Supergene Enrichment of the Cuajone, Quellaveco, and Toquepala Porphyry Copper Deposits, Southeastern Peru". Economic Geology. 85: 1604–1628. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.85.7.1604.

Coordinates: 17°02′35″S 70°42′40″W / 17.0430°S 70.7110°W / -17.0430; -70.7110

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