Chuquicamata copper mine

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:coal
gptkbp:annualProduction hundreds of thousands of tonnes of copper
gptkbp:companyTownClosed 2007
gptkbp:coordinates 22°17′10″S 68°54′39″W
gptkbp:country gptkb:Chile
gptkbp:discoveredBy Chuquicamata ore body known since pre-Columbian times
gptkbp:employs thousands of workers
gptkbp:environmentalImpact dust and pollution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chuquicamata copper mine
gptkbp:industrialMiningBegan 1910s
gptkbp:length 4.3 kilometers
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Antofagasta_Region
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chile
gptkbp:maximumDepth over 850 meters
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Calama
gptkbp:notableFor one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world
one of the deepest open-pit mines
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Codelco
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Codelco
gptkbp:previouslyHad gptkb:company
gptkbp:product gptkb:gold
copper
silver
molybdenum
gptkbp:significance major contributor to Chilean economy
gptkbp:type gptkb:coal
porphyry copper
gptkbp:undergroundMiningBegan 2019
gptkbp:website https://www.codelco.com/chuquicamata
gptkbp:width 3 kilometers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chuquicamata_town
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6