Mantos Blancos

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Mantos Blancos mine
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Mantos Blancos mine
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Mantos Blancos mine
Antofagasta Region
Country Chile
Production
Products Copper
Owner
Company Capstone Copper [1]

The Mantos Blancos is a copper mine located in northern Chile in Antofagasta Region. It lies about 45 km northeast of the port city of Antofagasta. [2] Mantos Blancos represents one of the largest copper reserves in Chile and in the world having estimated reserves of 500 million tonnes of ore grading 1% copper. [3]

The mine is owned by Capstone Copper, a company based in Vancouver that also owns nearby Mantoverde mine. [4] Previously, the mine was fully owned by Anglo American plc. [5]

Geologically the ore deposit of Mantos Blancos is stratabound copper and is thus similar to the deposits of Michilla, El Soldado and Lo Aguirre. [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Capstone Copper entrega sus resultados correspondientes al primer trimestre 2025". Minería Chilena (in Spanish). 2025-05-02. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  2. ↑ Mantos Copper S.A. Guia minera
  3. ↑ "Iron oxide deposits in the world" (PDF). ethesis.helsinki.fi. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  4. ↑ "Capstone Copper entrega sus resultados correspondientes al primer trimestre 2025". Minería Chilena (in Spanish). 2025-05-02. Retrieved 2025-07-20.
  5. ↑ Chilean Copper Commission (2009). Propietarios Mineras Chile (PDF) (Report). Ciper . Retrieved 2025-05-25.
  6. ↑ Saric, Nicolas; Kreft, Carlos; Huete, Carlos (2003). "Geología del yacimiento Lo Aguirre, Chile" [Geology of Lo Aguirre copper deposit, Chile]. Andean Geology (in Spanish). 30 (2): 317–331. doi: 10.4067/S0716-02082003000200010 .

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