Potrerillos

CL / Atacama

•-26.46578, -69.43391View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Potrerillos is a historic mining site in Atacama, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Enargite. The site was discovered in 1894; production began in 1926; workings are underground.

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AzuriteChalcopyriteChrysocollaCopperCupriteEnargiteGoldMalachiteMolybdenitePyriteSilverTenorite

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Operation type: Underground
Workings: Underground
Discovered: 1894
First production: 1926

Records and references

Cited references

MARCH, W. S. JR. 1935 ORE DEPOSITS AT POTRERILLOS, CHILE. WASHINGTON. 16TH INT. GEOL. CONG.P 485 500CLARK, A. H. AND SILLITOE, R. H. 1969 ARTHURITE FROM POTRERIATACAMA PROVENCE, CHILE MINERAL. MAG. VOL.37 NO 288 P519 520METALS SOURCEBOOK 7/5/74 ITEM (B3436)MINING MAGAZINE- MAY 1979 P.446E/MJ, JULY 1966, V. 167, NO.7, PAGE 75PRIVATE REPORT, 1974. CHILE ECONOMIC REPORT, JAN. 1989, P 5.E/MJ, NOV. 1979, P 68.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10182822 — view the source record

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Coordinates: -26.46578, -69.43391

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