Меднопорфировые месторождения (МПМ) являются ведущими в мире по запасам и добыче Cu и Mo, а также сопутствующих Au, Ag, Re. Среди них наибольшее количество объектов «мирового класса» – гигантских (>10 млн. т Cu) и супергигантских (>25 млн. т Cu), в т.ч. самые крупные из известных чилийские месторождения Чукикамата и Эль Теньенте с запасами Cu более 100 млн. т каждое. По геологическому строению вулканоплутонические пояса (ВПП) России имеют сходство с поясами Северной и Южной Америки, Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона, где сосредоточены сотни МПМ, включая десятки крупных и сверхкрупных.

Update of the Geologic Setting and Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits of the Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile

Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern Chile

Geologic Setting and Evolution of the Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum and Copper-Gold Deposits at Los Pelambres, Central Chile

Protracted Magmatic-Hydrothermal History of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known Concentration of Copper

Geology of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Utah

Geology and Exploration Progress at the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona

The copper and molybdenum mineralisation of the Chuquicamata deposit has been known since the 19' century. The deposit is located within the Codelco Norte District in the Andes Ranges of northern Chile, 200 km northeast of the city of Antofagasta. Small miners initially worked the exposed oxidised outcrops and high grade oxide veins that were the surface expression of the deposit, although industrial scale mining did not commence until 1915 with open pit exploitation of the main disseminated oxides. Mining has continued to the present day, currently removing approximately 170 000 tonnes of ore and 400 000 tonnes of waste per day.