Chuquicamata

Chile · Open pit + underground

Opened: 1915
Region: Antofagasta Region
Status: Active
Country: Chile
Type: Open pit + underground
Latitude: -22.3
Longitude: -68.9

Notes

The largest open pit by excavated volume, 4.3 km long and nearly a kilometre deep; converted to a block-cave underground mine in 2019 because the pit walls could go no further.

Commodities

Molybdenum Copper

Referenced by

element

Copper Molybdenum

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