Chuquicamata is an opencast copper mine, where a relatively poor copper ore is mined in impressive huge amounts. Modern mining and smelting technology allows the usage of such depostits at unrivaled low costs. The ore contains only between 1,13% and 1,18% metals, most of it copper, but also molybdenum and selenium in a very low proportion.<\/p>\n
The Chuquicamata mine produces sulfidic ores, whilst the nearby Chuqui Sur mine, formerly known as Ex\u00f3tica, primarily produces oxide ores.<\/p>\n
General Information<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Location: In Codelco, 15 km north of the city of Calama, Atacama Desert.<\/li>\n
250km north-east of Antofagasta, 1.200km north of Santiago. (22\u00b017\u2032S, 68\u00b054\u2032W)<\/li>\n
Chuquicamata is an opencast copper mine, where a relatively poor copper ore is mined in impressive huge amounts. Modern mining and smelting technology allows the usage of such depostits at unrivaled low costs. The ore contains only between 1,13% and 1,18% metals, most of it copper, but also molybdenum and selenium in a very low […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556,444,772,580,486,773,528,771,531,633,754,543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extensometres-dex-et-dex-s-3d","category-brain-sonde-inclinometrique-mems","category-cavernes","category-cellules-de-charge-electriques-pour-ancrage","category-enregistreur-de-donnees-omnialog","category-fosses-a-ciel-ouvert","category-mexid-mpbx-miniaturise","category-mines-fr","category-mpbx-extensometres-en-forage-multipoints","category-piezometre-a-corde-vibrante","category-projets","category-tubes-inclinometriques-fr"],"yoast_head":"\n
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