Chuquicamata mine

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Chuquicamata mine is one of the world’s largest open-pit copper mines, located in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert and a major source of global copper production.

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instanceOf copper mine
mine
open-pit copper mine
associatedWith Calama mining district
linked to: Chuquicamata mine
commodity copper concentrate
refined copper
continent South America
country Chile
economicImportance important source of revenue for Chilean state
key contributor to Chilean copper exports
environment hyper-arid desert climate
geologicalSetting Andean porphyry copper system
hasFacility concentrator plant
refinery
smelter
hasType surface mine
hasWorkforce thousands of workers
industry mining industry
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn Andes mountain region
linked to: Andes

Antofagasta Region
Atacama Desert
Atacama Plateau
linked to: Atacama Desert

Province of El Loa
linked to: El Loa Province

northern Chile
materialExtracted copper ore
oxide ore
sulfide ore
miningMethod open-pit mining
namedAfter Chuquicamata area
linked to: Chuquicamata mine
near Calama
operatedBy Codelco Norte division
linked to: Codelco
operator Codelco
oreType porphyry copper deposit
ownedBy Codelco
owner Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile
linked to: Codelco
partOf Chilean copper belt
product copper
gold
molybdenum
silver
resource large copper reserves
sector non-ferrous metal mining
significance major source of global copper production
one of the world’s largest open-pit copper mines
strategicImportance one of Codelco’s flagship operations
transitionedTo underground mining operations

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Calama near Chuquicamata mine
Antofagasta Region hasMajorMine Chuquicamata
linked to: Chuquicamata mine
Chuquicamata mine namedAfter Chuquicamata area
linked to: Chuquicamata mine
Chuquicamata mine associatedWith Calama mining district
linked to: Chuquicamata mine
Codelco hasPart Chuquicamata mine
Andean porphyry copper belt contains Chuquicamata copper deposit
linked to: Chuquicamata mine
Loa River flowsThrough Chuquicamata area
linked to: Chuquicamata mine
Loa River flowsNear Chuquicamata copper mine
linked to: Chuquicamata mine
Radomiro Tomic near Chuquicamata mine