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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Predicate Object
instanceOf copper mine
mine
open-pit copper mine
associatedWith Chuquicamata mine self-linksurface differs
surface form: Calama mining district
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 belt
surface form: Andean porphyry copper system
hasFacility concentrator plant
refinery
smelter
hasType surface mine
hasWorkforce thousands of workers
industry mining industry
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn Andes
surface form: Andes mountain region

Antofagasta Region
Atacama Desert
Atacama Desert
surface form: Atacama Plateau

El Loa Province
surface form: Province of El Loa

northern Chile
materialExtracted copper ore
oxide ore
sulfide ore
miningMethod open-pit mining
namedAfter Chuquicamata mine self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chuquicamata area
near Calama
operatedBy Codelco
surface form: Codelco Norte division
operator Codelco
oreType porphyry copper deposit
ownedBy Codelco
owner Codelco
surface form: Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile
partOf Andean porphyry copper belt
surface form: 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 mine
this entity surface form: Chuquicamata
Chuquicamata mine namedAfter Chuquicamata mine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chuquicamata area
Chuquicamata mine associatedWith Chuquicamata mine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Calama mining district
Codelco hasPart Chuquicamata mine
Andean porphyry copper belt contains Chuquicamata mine
this entity surface form: Chuquicamata copper deposit
Loa River flowsThrough Chuquicamata mine
this entity surface form: Chuquicamata area
Loa River flowsNear Chuquicamata mine
this entity surface form: Chuquicamata copper mine
Radomiro Tomic near Chuquicamata mine