Cerro Colorado, Porphyry copper deposit

Cerro Colorado

Porphyry copper deposit in Tacna, Peru

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	273
Tract name	Chile-Peru Paleocene–Eocene Toquepala (005pCu1008)
Site status	deposit

Geographic location

Country	Peru
State or province	Tacna
Geographic location	-69.900833333, -17.681666667 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	-69.900833333, -17.681666667
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	Paleocene
Age reference	Singer and others (2008)
Minerals	chalcopyrite, chlorite, clay minerals, covellite, pyrite, sericite
Associated rocks	dacite porphyry, andesite, granodiorite
Tectonic setting	continental margin
Stratigraphic age	Paleocene

Commodity and development information

Development status	Prospect
Major commodities	Cu, Mo
Tonnage (Mt)	220Mt
Cu grade (%)	1.01%
Mo grade (%)	0.015%
Contained copper	2,200,000t
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	0.5% Cu cutoff; supergene enrichment as much as 200 m thick.
Study area name	Andes
References	Chávez (1999); Sillitoe (1989a); Zappettini and others (2001); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference	Cunningham and others (2008)

Chávez, W.X., Jr., 1999, Exploration reviewPerú: Society of Economic Geologists SEG Newsletter, no. 37, p. 30. (Also available at http://www.segweb.org/pdf/publications/newsletters/1999/SEG-Newsletter-37-1999-April.pdf.)

Sillitoe, R.H., 1989a, Copper deposits and Andean evolution, in Ericksen, G.E., Cañas Pinochet, M.T., and Reinemund, J.A., eds., Geology of the Andes and its relation to hydrocarbon and mineral resources: Houston, Circum Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources Earth Science Series, v. 11, p. 285311.

Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the worldDatabase and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.

Zappettini, Eduardo; Miranda-Angles, Vitaliano; Rodriguez S., Carolina; Palacios, Oscar; Cocking,Robert; Godeas, Marta; Uribe-Zeballos, Hernán; Vivallo S., Waldo; Paz, M.M.; Seggiaro, Raúl; Heuschmidt, Bertand; Gardeweg P., Moyra; Boulangger Rondoy, Elmere; Korzeniewski, Lidia I.; Mpodozis M., Constantino; Carpio R., Mario; and Rubiolo, Daniel, 2001, Mapa metalogénico de laregión fronteriza entre Argentina, Bolivia, Chile y Perú (14ºS28ºS): Santiago, Chile, Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Publicacion Geológica Multinacional No. 2, 222 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.