El Boleo
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El Boleo is a copper-cobalt-zinc-manganese deposit located adjacent to the port city of Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur in Mexico. It includes a historic open pit copper mine, as well as underground workings. Mining began in the 1860s, and continued, off and on, until the 1980s. The property is currently under development by a consortium of Korean companies led by Korea Resources Corporation. Preliminary underground mining began in 2012. The project cost $1.75 billion, and mining began in the first half of 2014. Copper production began on January 17, 2015. The mine has an estimated life of 22 years.
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Compagnie du Boléo, 
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Location: 27.3167, -112.2833, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
4 places
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El Boleo ⓘ
copper-cobalt-zinc-manganese deposit in Baja California Sur, Mexico -
La China ⓘ
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Unknown ⓘ
copper mine in Mexico -
Unknown ⓘ
Boleite-120674
Boleite-229833
Boleite-229834
Boleite-26470
Boleite-209938
Boleite-177258
Boleite-4jg55d
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Cumengeite-266101| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | mine | El Boleo | Compagnie du Boléo, copper mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | La China | copper mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Unknown | copper mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Unknown | abandoned mine | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Boleite-120674 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Boleite-229833 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Boleite-229834 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Boleite-26470 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Boleite-209938 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Boleite-177258 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Boleite-4jg55d | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Boleite-4jg55a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Boleite-4jg55b | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Cumengeite-266101 | Commons | ||
