(Facility) Caletones Refinery El Teniente

Plant in Chile with commodity Copper
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 10255017
MAS/MILS ID 3370372001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Caletones Refinery El Teniente

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -70.3714, -34.06437 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chile(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Chile

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -70.3714, -34.06437

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Refiner
Plant subcategory Electrostatic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Corporacion Del Cobre-Codelco Chile
    Interest 100
    Home office Chile
    Year 1979

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 - CALETONES

  • Deposit

    (EL TENIENTE), CHILE. BUMINES CONTRACT J0290007, APRIL

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DENVER, CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-MAR-1992 Towle, Stewart W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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