Escondida

This article is about the copper mine. For the company that owns the mine, see Minera Escondida. For the album by Jolie Holland, see Escondida (album).

24°16′S 69°4′W / 24.267°S 69.067°W / -24.267; -69.067

Location of the La Escondida and Chuquicamata copper mines in Chile
False color satellite image of Escondida (bottom) and neighbouring Zaldívar mines (top), April 2000

Escondida is a copper mine at 3,100 metres (10,200 ft) elevation in the Atacama Desert in Antofagasta Region, Chile.[1]

  1. ^ Carlos Mata-Torres, Rodrigo A. Escobar, and José M. Cardemil (8 November 2018). "Techno-economic analysis of CSP+PV+MEDplant: Electricity and water production formining industry in Northern Chile". AIP Conference Proceedings. 2033 (1): 180007. Bibcode:2018AIPC.2033r0007M. doi:10.1063/1.5067179.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)