Atacama, Chile · South America
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Tierra Amarilla is a town located in Atacama, Chile. With a population of 12,898, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Tierra Amarilla sits in Chile, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Santiago time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Tierra Amarilla to your route.
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 goldRead more
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.
The project was operated since discovery in 1987 by Phelps Dodge Corporation, which was taken over by Freeport-McMoRan in 2007. Lundin Mining bought out Freeport's 80% stake in 2014. The mine uses the mechanized port of Punta Padrones in Caldera for its mineral export. The port was established in 1995.
Its tailings are processed in Planta Magnetita, located immediately west of the mine pit, for the recovery of iron. From Planta Magnetita iron ore concentrate (>66% Fe) pumped through a 120 km-long buried pipeline to the port of Punta Totoralillo for export.
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Tierra Amarilla is located in Atacama, Chile, South America. The coordinates are -27.4663 latitude, -70.2626 longitude.
Tierra Amarilla has a population of approximately 12,898 people, making it a town in Chile.
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