Toquepala

Hydrothermal mineral deposit in Peru containing Copper, molybdenum

Geologic information

Country Peru
Geographic location: -70.6, -17.2166
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Commodity
Geologic map unit -70.6, -17.2166
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Reference information

Citations Petersen and Vidal, 1996; Mattos and Valle, 2000
References
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,Rubén, and Valle, José, 2000, Exploración, geología y desarrollo del yacimiento Toquepala: Primer volumen de monografias de yacimientos minerales Peruanos. Historia, exploration y geologia: Lima, Instituto de Ingenieros de Minas del Peru, p. 101-116.