Mine detail: Los Pelambres

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Location: Coquimbo, Chile, South America
Lat / long: -31.71246, -70.49892
dep_id: 10279943
mrds_id: W001545
mas_id: 3370210009
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Molybdenum
Minor mineral: Gold, Rhenium, Silver
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Anhydrite, Bornite, Pyrite, Tourmaline
work_type: Surface, Underground
Reporter: Porter, Kenneth E.
Year first produced: 1992
disc_yr: 1906
References:
  • Deposit:: METALLOGENIC MAP OF CHILE, 1990, P.99 (NO. 121).
  • Deposit:: SILLITOE, R., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE LOS PELAMBRES PORPHYRY CO
  • Deposit:: DEPOSIT, CHILE: ECON. GEOL., VOL. 68, NO. 1, P. 1-10.
  • Deposit:: LOWELL, D., 1974, THREE NEW COPPER PORPHYRY MINES FOR CHILE:
  • Deposit:: ENG., 26:11:22-28
  • Deposit:: HOLLISTER, V. F., GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS OF
  • Deposit:: THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: NEW YORK, THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE
  • Deposit:: OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC.,
  • Deposit:: 1978, P. 6, 10, 26.
  • Deposit:: SUTULOV, A., COPPER PORPHYRIES: SAN FRANCISCO, MILLER-
  • Deposit:: FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS, INC., 1975, P. 31-32, 36, 81.
  • Deposit:: RIO TINTO ZINC COST ANALYSIS SYSTEM, PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS:
  • Deposit:: JUNE 10, 1975, P. 138.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, CHILEAN COPPER PROPERTY TO BE SOLD: V. 291,
  • Deposit:: NO. 7471, 1978, P. 332.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, CHILE: V. 140, NO. 1, 1979, P. 66.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, COPPER: A FUTURE OF AMPLE AND SECURE SUPPLY:
  • Deposit:: V. 30, NO. 10, 1977, P. 109-111.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, HUGE COPPER RESERVES ASSURE
  • Deposit:: CHIL* POSITION AS WORLD PRODUCER: V. 178, NO. 9, 1977,
  • Deposit:: P. 36, 41.
  • Deposit:: SUTULOV, A., NORMALIZATION OF COPPER PRODUCTION IS KEY TO
  • Deposit:: CHIL* DRIVE FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY: ENGINEERING AND
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, V. 175, NO. 2, 1974, P. 72-75.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, CHIL* COPPER RESOURCES: V. 289, NO. 7407,
  • Deposit:: 1977, P. 101.
  • Deposit:: HOLLISTER, V. F., REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PORPHYRY
  • Deposit:: COPPER DEPOSITS OF SOUTH AMERICA: MINING ENGINEERING,
  • Deposit:: V. 25, NO. 8, 1973, P. 51-54.
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, SOUTH AMERICA: CHILE: V. 127, NO. 3,
  • Deposit:: 1973, P. 305.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, HIGH COST ENERGY AFFECTS CHILEAN COPPER MINES:
  • Deposit:: V. 29, NO. 6, 1976, P. 42-43.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, CHILE: INVESTMENT INTEREST IN COPPER:
  • Deposit:: V. 292, NO. 7481, 1979, P. 5.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, CHILE. V. 31, NO. 13, 1978, P. 77.
  • Deposit:: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEETINGS, ABSTRACTS WITH PRO-
  • Deposit:: GRAMS: V. 3, NO. 7, 1971, P. 676-677.
  • Deposit:: ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL,CHILE,WHERE MAJOR NEW COPPER
  • Deposit:: OUTPUT CAN MATERIALIZE FASTER THAN ANYPLACE ELSE,NOV.1979
  • Deposit:: PP.69-70.
  • Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN COMMODITIES REPORT,CHILE SALE OF LOS
  • Deposit:: PELAMBRES COPPER DEPOSIT UNDER ATTACK, MAY 25,1979
  • Deposit:: VOLUME III, NO.20.
  • Deposit:: SUTULOV, A.,1978 EDITION,CHILEAN MOLYBDENUM RESOURCES:INTER-
  • Deposit:: NATIONAL MOLYBDENUM ENCYCLOPEDIA,INTERMET PUBLICATIONS,P251
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS,1971,INVESTIGACION DETALLADA DE MINERALES
  • Deposit:: EN AREAS SELECCIONADAS DE LAS PROVINCIAS DE ATACAMA Y
  • Deposit:: COQUIMBO: LOS PELAMBRES,PROVINCIA DE COQUIMBO;INFORME
  • Deposit:: TECNICO NO.21,PROGRAMA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS PARA
  • Deposit:: PARA EL DESARROLLO-EMPRESA NACIONAL DE MINERIA,
  • Deposit:: NEW YORK, P.300.
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING; ANACONDA RETURNS TO CHILE, PELAMBRES WILL BE
  • Deposit:: MINED, JULY 1979, P. 71,72.
  • Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MINING; ANTOFAGASTA AQUIRES COPPER AND GOLD
  • Deposit:: PROSPECTS, 3/86, P. 42.
  • Deposit:: AMM VOL 93, NO. 195 - OCT. 9, 1985.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL; GROWING COPPER INTERESTS, 11/14/86, P. 361
  • Deposit:: SKILLIN*; ANTOFAGASTA HOLDINGS EXPANDING COPPER AND GOLD
  • Deposit:: PRODUCTION CAPACITY, 6/25/88.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL; ADDED CHILEAN SPICE FOR ANTOFOGASTA,
  • Deposit:: MARCH 17, 1989.
  • Deposit:: LAML; MIDLAND IN CHILEAN COPPER VENTURES, VOL. 8, NO. 15,
  • Deposit:: 8/15/89, P. 5.
  • Deposit:: UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF STATE INCOMING TELEGRAM, SEPT.89
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL; DEBT MANAGEMENT CHILEAN STYLE, SEPT. 29,
  • Deposit:: MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, VOL. 16, NO. 10, 10/31/89, P. 2,3.
  • Deposit:: SKILLIN*; LOS PELAMBRES COPPER AWARDS CONTRACT TO FLUOR
  • Deposit:: DANIEL, 9/8/90, P. 21.
  • Deposit:: MINING MONTHLY; MIDLAND BANK COPPER MINE, 10/89.
  • Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL MINING, 10/89, P. 84.
  • Deposit:: LAML, 5/12/92, VOL. 11, NO. 7, P. 7, 8.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, MAY, 24, 1991, VOL. 316, NO. 8123,
  • Deposit:: P. 391.
  • Deposit:: E&MJ, 10/91, P. 42.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL; CHILEAN DEVELOPMENTS, 5/8/92, P. 329.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 10/9/92, P.261.
  • Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 10/30/92, P.5, VOL.11, NO.18.
  • Deposit:: METALS WEEK, 11/2/92, P.8.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1/22/93, P.63.
  • Deposit:: METALS WEEK, 1/25/93, P.6.
  • Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 4/29/93, P.3,4.
  • Deposit:: METALS WEEK, 5/30/94, P.7.
  • Deposit:: LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 6/30/94, V13/N8-9, P.3,4.
  • Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 9/23/94, P.231.
  • Reserve-Resource:: WORLD MINING, ANACONDA RETURNS TO CHILE; PELAMBRES WILL BE
  • Reserve-Resource:: MINED, JULY, 1979, P. 71,72.
  • Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL, AUTOFAGASTA HOLDINGS, 11/14/86, P. 361.
  • Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL, ADDED CHILEAN SPICE FOR ANTOFAGASTA, 3/17/89
  • Reserve-Resource:: P.223.
  • Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL, AUTOFAGASTA DEVELOPMENT, 9/1/89, P.179.
  • Reserve-Resource:: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 9/30/94, P.5.
  • Reserve-Resource:: CRU INTERNATIONAL LTD., COPPER STUDIES, V 23/N 6, 12/95,
  • Reserve-Resource:: P.9,10.
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