(Facility) Potrerillos Copper Refinery

Plant in Atacama, Chile with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158142
MAS/MILS ID 3370092001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Potrerillos Copper Refinery
Alternate or previous names Potrerillos Refinery El Salvador

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -69.50951, -26.47918 (WGS84)
Elevation 2600
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Atacama(province)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Chile Atacama

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -69.50951, -26.47918

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Corporacion Del Cobre (Codelco-Chile)
    Interest 100
    Home office Chile
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING,

  • Deposit

    OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - CODELCO,

  • Deposit

    POTRERILLOS, CHILE. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007, MARCH,

  • Deposit

    1991. FOR INF., CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO,

  • Deposit

    DENVER, CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-1995 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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