Mine detail: Lo Aguirre

Previously called 'Teatina Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: -33.44607, -70.92872

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Other material: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1980

Geology

References

MAS3370410003
DEP10279661
Reference{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, MINING AND EXTRACTION OF COPPER AT LO}{Deposit:: AGUIRRE, CHILE: V. 139, NO. 1, 1978, P. 33-37.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF}{Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS: NEW YORK,}{Deposit:: MCGRAW-HILL, INC., 1978, P. 280.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, CHILE: V. 140, NO. 1, 1979, P. 66.}{Deposit:: 1979-1980 WORLD MINES REGISTER, COMPANIES BY COUNTRY:}{Deposit:: CHILE: SAN FRANCISCO, MILLER-FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS, 1979,}{Deposit:: P. 93.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 6/81, P.153.}{Deposit:: PRODUCTION COST UPDATE, 6/30/84, P.9, VOL. II, NO. 2.}{Deposit:: PAZOUR, DONALD A., LO AGUIRRE PRODUCING COPPER CATHODES,}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 8/81, P.38-40.}{Deposit:: BURGER, JOHN R., SMP SOCIEDAD MINERA PUDAHUEL PRODUCES LOW-}{Deposit:: COST COPPER AT LO AGUIRRE, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,}{Deposit:: 1/85, P.44-47.}{Deposit:: SUTILOV, ALEXANDER, SOCIEDAD MINERA PUDAHUEL, UNPUBLISHED}{Deposit:: REPORT ON CHILE ON CONTRACT WITH U.S. BUREAU OF MINES,}{Deposit:: (CRA CONTRACT, 1986), P.39-40,60.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING EQUIPMENT, CUTTING COSTS BY PREVENTION, 5/88,}{Deposit:: P.14-15.}{Reserve-Resource:: DEPOSIT PROFILE LO AGUIRRE, CHILE;}{Reserve-Resource:: GOLDER ASSOCIATES, MARCH 1980}{Reserve-Resource:: UNDER CONTRACT WITH US BUREAU OF MINES.}{Reserve-Resource:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL; NOVEMBER 1979,}{Reserve-Resource:: SMP: A NEW ENTRY IN CHILEAN COPPER. PP104 TO 106}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.