Mine detail: Michilla

Previously called 'Puerto ArturoCarolinaCarolina De MichillaEstefaniaGraebePanizos BlancosCharnotJuarez'

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Location

Lat / long: -22.72534, -70.23205

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Discovery year: 1863

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1971

Geology

References

MRDSW001547
MAS3370090042
DEP10206934
Reference{Deposit:: ULRIKSEN G., C., MAPA METALOGENICO DE CHILE, BOLETIN NO. 42,}{Deposit:: 1990, #59, P.41.}{Deposit:: 1979-1980 WORLD MINES REGISTER, COMPANIES BY COUNTRY: SAN}{Deposit:: FRANCISCO, MILLER FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS, 1979, P. 91.}{Deposit:: 1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY}{Deposit:: OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS: CHILE: NEW}{Deposit:: YORK, MCGRAW-HILL INC., 1978, P. 278.}{Deposit:: RIO TINTO ZINC MINING COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM, PERFORMANCE AN-}{Deposit:: ALYSIS: MAY 27, 1975.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, SOUTH AMERICA: CHILE: V. 127, NO. 3,}{Deposit:: 1972, P. 305.}{Deposit:: ARGALL, G. O., CHILE COPPER MINERS SETTING PRODUCTION}{Deposit:: RECORDS; GOAL 1,000,000 TONS: WORLD MINING, V. 27,}{Deposit:: NO. 12, 1974, P. 36-37.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, CHILE: SEA WATER LEACHING PLANT FOR OXIDIZED}{Deposit:: ORES AT MICHILLA: V. 3, NO. 1, 1967, P. 34.}{Deposit:: BREWIS, TONY, COMPANIA MINERA CAROLINA DE MICHILLA S.A.,}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 9/90, P.182,184,187,189.}{Deposit:: ERRAZURIZ, RAFAEL, MICHILLA: A CHILEAN DESERT BLOSSOMS INTO}{Deposit:: A HABITABLE INDUSTRIAL COMPOUND, MINING ENGINEERING, 8/73,}{Deposit:: P.42-44.}{Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 2/15/84, P.5, VOL 3, NO 4.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 7/86, P.57.}{Deposit:: MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 7/25/86, P.11.}{Deposit:: MINERALS AND MATERIALS, AUG./SEPT. 1986, P.19.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 8/25/89, P.159.}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MINING, 7/88, P.80.}{Reserve-Resource:: U.S. EMBASSY TRIP REPORT, 9/28/88, P.2.}{Reserve-Resource:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 5/12/92, P.6, VOL 11, NO 7.}
ReporterPorter, Kenneth E.