Tarapaca
Producer

Cerro Colorado

Tarapaca, Chile
CopperMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1994
Discovery year1963
Identification
Deposit ID10279968
MRDS IDW001971
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.042, -69.26423
References
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