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Zaldivar

Plant in Antofagasta, Chile with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206784
MRDS ID TC03812
MAS/MILS ID 3370050016
Record type Site
Current site name Zaldivar
Alternate or previous names Pinta Verde
Related records 10058061

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -69.23282, -24.14751 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Antofagasta(province)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Chile Antofagasta

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -69.23282, -24.14751
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1981
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1995
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Solvent Extraction-Electrowin
Milling method Leach-Solvent-Extract-Electrowin

Mining district

District name Antofagasta

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Minera Zaldivar
    Home office Chile
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Outokumpu Metals And Resources
    Interest 50
    Home office Finland
    Year 1994
    First year 1989
  • Type Owner
    Owner Placer Dome Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
    First year 1992

Production statistics

  • Year 1996
    Description Copper Production, 1996 85000 Tons Copper Cathodes
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 83657mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 315720000mt ore
    Total resources 315720000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.886 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 108914000mt ore
    Total resources 108914000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.52 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 560000000mt ore
    Total resources 560000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.62 wt-pct Copper Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 140000000mt ore
    Total resources 140000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 1000000000mt ore
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.57 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 266000000mt ore
    Total resources 266000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.16 wt-pct Copper Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 246386000mt ore
    Total resources 246386000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.02 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 69334000mt ore
    Total resources 69334000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.41 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 424634000mt ore
    Total resources 424634000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.792 wt-pct Copper Major 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, 2/2/90, P.96.

  • Reserve-Resource

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 9/30/92, P.1,2.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PLACER DOME INC., PRESS RELEASE, 12/18/92, 1PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PLACER DOME INC., 1992 ANNUAL REPORT, P.8.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PLACER DOME INC., PRESS RELEASE, 10/18/93, 1PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOUTHWESTERN PAY DIRT, 4/94, P.9B.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, 11/94, P.271,277.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, CHILE: ZALVIDAR COPPER

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT ATTRACTS BIDDERS, 10/12/89, P.7, VOL. 8, NO 19.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, OUTOKUMPU TO GET FURTHER HOLD

  • Deposit

    IN CHILE, NOVEMBER 10, 1989, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, ZALVIDAR CONFIRMED, NOVEMBER 24, 1989,

  • Deposit

    P. 424.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, OUTOKUMPU CONFIRMED AS

  • Deposit

    ZALVIDAR PURCHASER, NOVEMBER 23, 1989, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AMD MINING JOURNAL, JANUARY, 1990, P. 111.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, OUTOKUMPU BID FOR ZALVIDAR, NOVEMBER 10,

  • Deposit

    1989, P. 384.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, DECEMBER 1989, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, FINNISH MINING BOOSTS PRESENCE,

  • Deposit

    JULY 1990, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, CHILE: OUTOKUMPU INVESTS

  • Deposit

    $100M, VOL 9, NO. 5, 1990, P.5.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, OUTOKUMPU INCREASES CHILEAN EXPOSURE, JUNE

  • Deposit

    8, 1990, PP. 449, 450.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, CHILE: OUTOKUMPU BROADENS

  • Deposit

    HORIZONS, VOL 9, NO. 10, 1990, P.5.

  • Deposit

    CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, MAJOR MINING PROJECTS 1991-1993,

  • Deposit

    JUNE 1990, P.5.

  • Deposit

    CHILI ECONOMIC REPORT, CHILE AND FINLAND STRENGTHEN TIES,

  • Deposit

    11/90, P.5.

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, TELEGRAM R 3110012,

  • Deposit

    OCTOBER 1990.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, 11/20/89, P.6.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 10/91, P.43.

  • Deposit

    CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, 10/91, P.4.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 2/28/92, P.148.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 5/26/92, P.7.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 6/26/92, P.458.

  • Deposit

    CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, 1/92, P.7.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 7/20/92, P.14.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 8/92, P.123.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, 9/21/92, P.10.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 6/28/92, P.B8.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 9/25/92, P.213,215.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 9/28/92, P.6.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 10/7/92, P.5.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS', 10/3/92, P.7.

  • Deposit

    AME MINING WEEKLY, 10/9/92, P.1.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 11/92, P.17.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, 11/92, P.1306.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 11/92, P.304,305.

  • Deposit

    MINERIA CHILENA, 11/92, P.7,9,11.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, 12/21/92, P.9.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 12/22/92, P.1.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 1/1/93, P.5.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS', 1/2/93, P.17.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 2/93, P.18.

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 1/6/93, P.1.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 12/28/92, P.11.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 2/93, P.90,91.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 3/93, P.16.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 5/31/93, P.2, VOL 12, NO 8.

  • Deposit

    PLACER DOME INC., PRESS RELEASE, 10/18/93.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIMN, 10/21/93, P.7.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 10/22/93, P.

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICAN MINING LETTER, 10/22/93, P.2,3.

  • Deposit

    CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, 10/93, P.6.

  • Deposit

    PLACER DOME INC., GEOLOGICAL SUMMARY REPORT, 11/23/93, 3PP.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS', 10/30/93, P.9.

  • Deposit

    PLACER DOME INC., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.14.

  • Deposit

    BULETIN MINERO, 1/94, P.21-24.

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK, 12/27/93, P.8.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1/94, P.29.

  • Deposit

    MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 1/94, P.7,8.

  • Deposit

    AME MINING WEEKLY, 6/3/94, P.2.

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN MINER, 10/25/93, P.1,2.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWEST PAY DIRT, 4/94, P.9B.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWEST PAY DIRT, 5/94, P.8B.

  • Deposit

    PLACER DOME INC., PRESS RELEASE, 7/27/94, P.2.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 11/11/94, P.341

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUN-1997 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Placer Dome Inc. — acquired by Subsidiary of Barrick Gold (2006)
    Acquired by Barrick Gold in 2006.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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