Catedral (prospect)

Catedral

Location
Santiago Metropolitan Region/O'Higgins Region
Country	Chile
Production
Products	Copper
Owner
Company	ENAMI

Catedral is a mining prospect and porphyry copper ore deposit in the Andes along the border of Santiago Metropolitan Region and O'Higgins Region, Chile. ^[1] It lies about 25 km southeast of El Teniente, Chile's third most productive copper mine. ^{[2] [3]} It is currently owned by the Chile's National Mining Enterprise (ENAMI) which classifies it as pertaining to the large-scale mining category and being greenfield in terms of exploration. ^[1] The prospect extends over an altitudinal range of 2100 to 4800 m a.s.l. where glaciers and rock glaciers exist. ^{[1] [4]}

References

1. Catedral (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). ENAMI. 2019. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
2. La Tercera (2017-03-06). "Enami busca socio para desarrollar mina de cobre a 25 kilómetros de El Teniente". Revista Nueva Minería y Energía (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-17.
3. "The five largest copper mines in operation in Chile". Mining Technology. 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
4. Brenning, Alexander; Azócar, Guillermo (2010). "Minería y glaciares rocosos: impactos ambientales, antecedentes políticos y legales, y perspectivas futuras" (PDF). Revista de Geografía Norte Grande (in Spanish). 47: 143–158.

34°09′43″S70°08′35″W / 34.161996°S 70.142989°W / -34.161996; -70.142989