Mine detail: (Facility) Chuquicamata Copper Refinery

Previously called 'Chiquicamata Refinery'

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Location: Antofagasta, Chile, South America
Lat / long: -22.31255, -68.94781
dep_id: 10279404
mas_id: 3370052002
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
Operation type: Processing Plant
Development status: Plant
Reporter: Towle, Stewart W.
Year first produced: 1986
References:
  • Deposit:: PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC., THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,
  • Deposit:: OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL
  • Deposit:: COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - CHUQUICAMATA,
  • Deposit:: CHILE. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007, APRIL 1991; FOR INF.,
  • Deposit:: CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.
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