Mine detail: Mantos Blancos

Previously called 'Santa Barbara ProjectBig Pit'

Location:	Antofagasta, Chile, South America
Lat / long:	-23.43003, -70.07674
dep_id:	10230771
mrds_id:	W001546
mas_id:	3370050006
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Copper
Minor mineral:	Silver
Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Plant
other_matl:	Atacamite, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
work_type:	Surface, Underground
Reporter:	Porter, Kenneth E.
Year first produced:	1961
disc_yr:	1912
References:	Deposit:: BROOK HUNT AND ASSOC., COPPER MINES COST STUDY (1988-1995), Deposit:: VOL. 6, LATIN AMERICA, 1991 ED., P. 286. Deposit:: METALLOGENIC MAP OF CHILE, 1990, P. 45, (NO. 44). Deposit:: SUTULOV, A., EL COBRE CHILENO: CODELCO PUBS., SANTIAGO, Deposit:: 1974, 520PP. Deposit:: NIGHTINGALE, W., MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: THE Deposit:: FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, P.218. Deposit:: SUTULOV, A., CHILEAN COPPER, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, Deposit:: 7/66, VOL 167, NO 7, P.71,77. Deposit:: E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL Deposit:: PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1977, P.280. Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, THE MANTOS BLANCOS OPERATION- CHIL* Deposit:: NEW INTEGRATED COPPER PRODUCER, 1/62, P.40-45. Deposit:: GOLDER ASSOCIATES,MANTOS BLANCOS DEPOSIT REPORT MARCH 1980 Deposit:: CAMPUSANO, GERMAN, EMPRESA MINERA DE MANTOS BLANCOS, 1975, Deposit:: P.399-409. Deposit:: EL MERCURIO JUNE 15 1977 COBRE CHILENO EMPRESA MINERA Deposit:: DE MANTOS BLANCOS S.A. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, MANTOS BLANCOS ADDS SULPHIDE FLOTATION, Deposit:: 7/81, P.5. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, MANTOS BLANCOS, 12/81, P.458-469. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, EMPRESA MINERA DE MANTOS BLANCOS SA, 8/5/83, Deposit:: P.105. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 2/15/84, P.5, VOL 3, NO 4. Deposit:: MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 3/21/86, P.9. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MANTOS BLANCOS- A STUDY IN Deposit:: PROCESS INGENUITY, 12/84, P.44-47. Deposit:: VALENZUELA, ENRIQUE, CHILEAN COPPER, NORTHERN MINER MAGAZINE Deposit:: 8/87, P.31. Deposit:: MINERALS FOR EXPORT, 7/88, P.9. Deposit:: CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, MAJOR MINING PROJECTS 1991-1993, Deposit:: 6/90, P.5. Deposit:: CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, 8/90, P.7. Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK REPORT, MINERALS FOR CHILE FOR 1988, Deposit:: P.16,17. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 5/26/92, P.8. Deposit:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 12/4/92, P.2. Deposit:: METAL BULLETIN, 12/7/92, P.7. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 12/11/92, P.417. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 2/26/93, P.147. Deposit:: METALS WEEK, 5/16/94, P.6. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 2/26/93, P.5. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 2/18/94, P.118. Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 5/20/94, P.376. Deposit:: METALS WEEK, 5/23/94, P.6. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 6/1/94, P.2,3. Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 6/1/94, P.3. Reserve-Resource:: BALL, PERRY E., MAMTOS BLANCOS COPPER PROJECT, U.S. EMBASSY Reserve-Resource:: TRIP REPORT, 6/1/88, 9PP. Reserve-Resource:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 10/22/93, P.5,6. Reserve-Resource:: EMPRESA MINERA DE MANTOS BLANCOS S.A., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, Reserve-Resource:: P.13.