Escondida

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copper mine open-pit mine

Escondida is the world’s largest copper mine, located in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Escondida canonical 1
Escondida district 1
Escondida pit 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf copper mine ⓘ
open-pit mine ⓘ
commodity cathode copper ⓘ
copper concentrate ⓘ
country Chile ⓘ
discoveryYear 1981 ⓘ
elevation approximately 3100 metres above sea level ⓘ
exportPort Puerto Coloso ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue dust emissions ⓘ
water use concerns ⓘ
hasFacility concentrator plant ⓘ
desalination plant ⓘ
oxide leach pad ⓘ
tailings storage facility ⓘ
hasInfrastructure access roads ⓘ
camp facilities ⓘ
power supply lines ⓘ
hasMiningMethod truck and shovel ⓘ
hasPit La Escondida copper mine ⓘ
surface form: Escondida Norte pit

Escondida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Escondida pit
hasWorkforceType contractors ⓘ
permanent employees ⓘ
industry mining industry ⓘ
isLargestBy annual copper production ⓘ
locatedIn Antofagasta Region ⓘ
Atacama Desert ⓘ
northern Chile ⓘ
surface form: Northern Chile
locatedNear Antofagasta ⓘ
locatedOn Andes ⓘ
surface form: Chilean Andes
majorityOwner BHP ⓘ
mineType open-pit ⓘ
operator BHP ⓘ
oreType porphyry copper deposit ⓘ
owner BHP ⓘ
JECO ⓘ
JECO ⓘ
surface form: JECO 2

Rio Tinto ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfOperations Spanish ⓘ
processingMethod concentrator ⓘ
electrowinning ⓘ
oxide leach ⓘ
solvent extraction ⓘ
product copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
startOfOperation 1990 ⓘ
usesWaterSource Pacific Ocean desalinated water ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antofagasta Region → hasMajorMine → Escondida ⓘ
Escondida → hasPit → Escondida self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Escondida pit
La Escondida copper mine → locatedIn → Escondida ⓘ
this entity surface form: Escondida district