Chuquicamata

Chuquicamata is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world. It is located in the north of Chile, just outside Calama, at 2,850 m (9,350 ft) above sea level. It is 215 km (134 mi) northeast of Antofagasta and 1,240 km (770 mi) north of the capital, Santiago. Flotation and smelting facilities were installed in 1952, and expansion of the refining facilities in 1968 made 500,000 tons annual copper production possible in the late 1970s. Previously part of Anaconda Copper, the mine is now owned and operated by Codelco, a Chilean state enterprise, since the Chilean nationalization of copper in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Its depth of 850 metres (2,790 ft) makes it the second deepest open-pit mine in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, United States.

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1915 

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gold mine, copper mine, Chile Copper Company, Codelco, Chile, 

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  Chuquicamata ⓘ
  Chilean mine of copper

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1915 Chuquicamata

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Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 94-2

Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 102

Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 101

Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 92

Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 100

Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 96

Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 95

Mina de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 126

Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 93

Mina de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 120

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	mine	1915	Chuquicamata	Chile Copper Company, gold mine, copper mine, Codelco	Wikidata
commons	image		Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 94-2		Commons
commons	image		Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 102		Commons
commons	image		Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 101		Commons
commons	image		Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 92		Commons
commons	image		Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 100		Commons
commons	image		Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 96		Commons
commons	image		Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 95		Commons
commons	image		Mina de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 126		Commons
commons	image		Campamento de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 93		Commons
commons	image		Mina de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 120		Commons