Chuquicamata
(c) Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
Chuquicamatas panorama
Chuquicamata, eller "Chuqui" som det bedre kendes under, er verdens største kobber dagbrud målt i udgravet volumen, og ligger i det nordlige Chile, 215 kilometer nordøst for Antofagasta og 1.240 kilometer nord for Chiles hovedstad Santiago de Chile. Minen ejes og drives af det chilenske statsejede mineselskab Codelco, siden Chiles nationalisering af kobber i de sene 1960'ere og tidlige 1970'ere. Dens dybde på 850 meter gør den til verdens næstdybeste dagbrud i verden, efter Bingham Canyon Mine i Utah i USA.
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Koordinater: 22°17′S 68°54′V / 22.283°S 68.900°V
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Mina de Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 110-112 PAN.JPG
(c) Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
Panoramic view of Chuquicamata, a state-owned copper mine located at 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level just outside Calama, north of Chile. It is by excavated volume the largest open pit copper mine in the world. The huge hole was started in 1882 as a mine to extract gold and copper. It is 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) long, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) wide and with a depth of 850 metres (2,790 ft) it is the second deepest open-pit mine in the world (after Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, USA). Note: to get a feeling of the scale spot out a haul truck, which is 9.5 metres (31 ft) long and 4.5 metres (15 ft) high.
(c) Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
Panoramic view of Chuquicamata, a state-owned copper mine located at 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level just outside Calama, north of Chile. It is by excavated volume the largest open pit copper mine in the world. The huge hole was started in 1882 as a mine to extract gold and copper. It is 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) long, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) wide and with a depth of 850 metres (2,790 ft) it is the second deepest open-pit mine in the world (after Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, USA). Note: to get a feeling of the scale spot out a haul truck, which is 9.5 metres (31 ft) long and 4.5 metres (15 ft) high.