Tukuk-OS⛏ Candelaria mine
Chile · Americas · 27.51°S, 70.29°W
The Candelaria mine is a large open pit and underground copper-gold mine located in northern Chile in the Atacama Region. Candelaria has Proven and Probable Reserves of 676 million tonnes of ore grading 0.53% copper, 0.13 g/t gold, and 1.79 g/t silver; containing 3.58 million tonnes of copper, 3.0 million oz of gold and 39 million oz of silver. The mine project incorporates a reverse osmosis plant at the port of Caldera, commissioned in 2013, with a capacity to produce 500 litres per second of desalinated industrial water, piping it 115 km from the Pacific Ocean to the minesite.
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Quick facts
| Country | Chile |
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| Continent / region | Americas |
| Coordinates (approx.) | 27.51°S, 70.29°W · view on map |
Candelaria mine is located in Chile, in Americas.
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