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Yanacocha, Kupfertal, La Quinua
Peru
Main commodities: Au Ag




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2011.     Record last updated: 03/06/2016
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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Yanacocha

    Selected References
Anonymous  2001 - Minera Yanacocha: in   Extract from Newmont web site http://www.newmont.com    1p
Bell P D, Gomez J G, Loayza C E and Pinto R M,  2004 - Geology of the gold deposits of the Yanacocha District, Northern Peru: in   Hi Tech and World Competitive Mineral Success Stories Around the Pacific Rim Proc. Pacrim 2004 Conference, Adelaide, 19-22 September, 2004, AusIMM, Melbourne,    pp 105-113
Bissig, T., Clark, A.H., Rainbow, A. and Montgomery, A.,  2015 - Physiographic and tectonic settings of high-sulfidation epithermal gold-silver deposits of the Andes and their controls on mineralizing processes: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v.65, pp. 327-364.
Deditius, A.P., Utsunomiya, S., Sanchez-Alfaro, P., Reich, M., Ewing, R.C. and Kesler, S.E.,  2015 - Constraints on Hf and Zr mobility in high-sulfidation epithermal systems: formation of kosnarite, KZr2(PO4)3, in the Chaquicocha gold deposit, Yanacocha district, Peru: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.50 pp. 391-428
Gustafson, L.B., Vidal, C.E., Pinto, R. and Noble, D.C.,  2004 - Porphyry-epithermal transition, Cajamarca region, northern Peru: in Sillitoe, R.H., Perello, J. and Vidal, C.E., 2004 Andean metallogeny: new discoveries, concepts, and updates Society of Economic Geologists, Denver, Special Publication 11,   Ch. 15, pp. 279-299.
Harvey B A, Myers S A and Klein T,  1999 - Yanacocha gold district, northern Peru: in Weber G B (Ed.),  Pacrim 99, International Congress on Earth Science, Exploration and Mining Around the Pacific Rim AusIMM, Melbourne    pp. 445-459
Loayza, C. and Reyes, J.,  2010 - Geologic Overview of the Yanacocha Mining District, Cajamarca, Northern Peru: in    SIMEXMIN 2010 - IV Brazilian Symposium of Mineral Exploration, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais - Brazil, May 23rd to 26th, 2010,   pdf from www.adimb.com.br/simexmin2010/palestras, 24p. (landscape slideshow)
Longo A A, Dilles J H, Grunder A L and Duncan R,  2010 - Evolution of Calc-Alkaline Volcanism and Associated Hydrothermal Gold Deposits at Yanacocha, Peru : in    Econ. Geol.   v.105 pp. 1191-1241
Longo, A.A. and Teal, L.,  2005 - A summary of the volcanic stratigraphy and the geochronology of magmatism and hydrothermal activity in the Yanacocha Gold District, northern Peru,: in Rhoden, H.N., Steininger, R.C. and Vikre, P.G., eds.,  Geological Society of Nevada Symposium 2005: Window to the World, Reno, Nevada, May 2005,     pp. 797-808.
Mallette P M, Rojas R E and Gutierrez A R,  2004 - Geology, mineralization and genesis of the La Quinua gold deposit, Yanacocha District, Northern Peru: in Sillitoe R H, Perello J and Vidal C E 2004 Andean Metallogeny: New Discoveries, Concepts and Updates SEG Special Publication 11    pp 301-312
Pilco, R.,  2011 - Hypogene alteration, sulfide mineralogy, and metal distribution at Cerro Yanacocha high-sulfidation epithermal deposit, northern Peru: in   A manuscript submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Professional Science Masters in Economic Geology, Faculty of the Department of Geosciences, in the Graduate College of the University of Arizona,    89p.
Sillitoe R H  1995 - Yanacocha, Peru: in Sillitoe R H, 1995 Exploration and Discovery of Base- and Precious-Metal Deposits in the Circum-Pacific Region During the Last 25 Years Metal Mining Agency of Japan    pp 64-66
Teal, L. and Benavides, A.,  2010 - History and Geologic Overview of the Yanacocha Mining District, Cajamarca, Peru: in    Econ. Geol.   v.105, pp. 1173-1190.
Turner S J T,  1997 - The Yanacocha epithermal gold deposits, northern Peru: High-sulfidation mineralization in a flow dome setting: in    http://www.dregs.org/abs997.html    1p
Turner S J,  1999 - Settings and styles of high-sulphidation gold deposits in the Cajamarca region, northern Peru: in Weber G B (Ed.),  Pacrim 99, International Congress on Earth Science, Exploration and Mining Around the Pacific Rim AusIMM, Melbourne    pp. 461-468


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