El Tesoro mine
Chile /
Antofagasta /
Calama /
World
/ Chile
/ Antofagasta
/ Calama
World / Chile / Antofagasta / Antofagasta
quarry, mine, copper mine, production, mining
El Tesoro is a deposit located in Chile’s Antofagasta Region, 1,350 km north of Santiago. It now comprises two open-pit mines feeding a heap-leach operation and a run-of-mine (“ROM”) leaching operation, which produces copper cathodes using a solvent-extraction electro-winning process. Shareholders: 70% Antofagasta plc, 30% Marubeni Corporation.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 22°56'37"S 69°5'22"W
- Cerro Dominador Solar Thermal Plant 47 km
- Valle de los Vientos Wind Farm 58 km
- Codelco Chuqicamata Copper Concentrator and Smelter 73 km
- Chuquicamata copper mine 79 km
- Officina Coya Sur 84 km
- Uribe Solar Field 134 km
- Xstrata Copper - Altonorte smelter 159 km
- Solar Farm 271 km
- Javiera Solar Field 391 km
- Diego de Almagro ENEL Solar Field 393 km
- Meteorological tower (Sierra Gorda Wind Farm) 15 km
- Epicenter of M4.2 quake 19 km
- Epicenter of M4.7 quake 22 km
- Epicenter of m4.3 quake 22 km
- epicenter of m5.2 quake 22 km
- Epicenter of M4 quake 22 km
- Cerro crespo, 3196 m. 23 km
- Sierra Gorda Cemetery 24 km
- Cerrito Bayos 32 km
- Pampa Limón Verde 39 km