Choquelimpie

18°18′19″S 69°16′42″W / 18.30528°S 69.27833°W / -18.30528; -69.27833^[1] Choquelimpie is a 5,327 metres (17,477 ft) high volcano in Chile.^[2] It is constructed from several separate layers of andesite and dacite on top of Tertiary and Precambrian layers. The volcano was active over six million years ago, with the neighbouring volcano Ajoya active over seven million years ago. Since then, erosion and glacial activity have dramatically reduced the height of the volcano and excavated a central depression.

Choquelimpie is part of one of two belts of volcanically-generated ore deposits. It is mined for silver and gold since Spanish times and a prospect in the 1980s indicated the presence of over eleven tons of ore.

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