Mining in the Atacama Region, Chile

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Mines in Atacama
Mining map
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List of districts
Global mining
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Atacama (Chile), Mining Region
Introduction Atacama mining
List of the mining districts of Atacama
List of the mines of Atacama
Historical Mining Descriptions
Gilliss: Apires y barreteros
Work situation of miners
Tornero: The miners
Tornero: Los Apires

The silver mines of Chañarcillo
Current situation
History and geology of the Chañarcillo mines
Timeline of the Chañarcillo y Juan Godoi
Railroad to Chañarcillo
Dolores 1 mine

The silver mines of Tres Puntas
Ruins of the town
Buena Esperanza
Historical descriptions
Letter from a miner from Cornwall
Cemetery

Silver mines of Lomas Bayas
Ruins of the village
Graveyard
Minas
Statistics

The Silver - copper mines of Cerro Blanco
Ruins of the village
 Mines of Cerro Blanco
San Roman (1894)
Statistics

Agua Amarga (Vallenar)
Smelter (ruins)
Aris mine
Railroad

Puquios and Carrera Pinto copper mine district
Ruins of village Puquios
Introduction: Mining at Puquios  
Statistics 
Sofía mine (Cu)
Vista fundición Dulcinea (1913)
Fundición Dulcinea, dentro (1913)
Andarivel mina Dulcinea(1913)
Interior mina Dulcinea (1910)

Cachiyuyo de Llampos (Cu and others)
Andacollo mine

Jesús María
Content district Jesús María
Mina San Francisco
Map

Checo de Cobre district (Cu)
Descubridora
Condell
San Jorge

Cabeza de Vaca mining district
La Manda
Remolinos

The "Inca de Oro" gold district
Las Guías (school)
Rhodesia mine
Text of San Roman (1894)

The copper district of Carrizal Alto
Canto del Agua (Chañarcitos)
Map of Canto del Agua
Domeyko en Carrizal 1840
Text of San Roman
Map of Espinoza 1903

Las Animas
Content
Mina Frontón
Ferrocarril a Animas
F. M. Aracena (1894)

Copper district of Los Pozos - Manto Verde
Kuroki

Algarrobo (Caldera)
Ruins
Text San Román (1894)
Text by Yunge (1905)
Railway Caldera - Algarrobo

Jarilla / El Bronce
San Bartolo
Merceditas
Ropeway conveyor Bronce mine - Qda. Algarrobal

Astillas
Coquimbana
La Negra
Porvenir

Labrar
Cobalt mines
Ruins of El Morado
Smelter Higirio (ruins)
Sarco
Caleta El Cobre

Others
 ● San José - accident
Viña del cerro (Inca smelter)

Mining Museum El Transito nearby Tierra Amarilla

Placers of Salado river

First porphyry copper: Potrerillos

Solitary mines
Copiapó: Restauradora
Altamira: Teresa de Colmo
 San Juan de Chañaral Alto
Diego de Almagro: Alaska
Descubridora en Pampa Larga
La Borracha mine
Carmencita mine

Non-metalic
Coal of La Ternera
Borax mine in Pedernales

Saltpetre o nitrate mines of Taltal

List of mines
Chañarcillo (Ag), listado
Tres Puntas (Ag), listado
Puquios (Cu)
Carrera Pinto (Cu)
Cerro Blanco (Ag, Cu)
Lomas Bayas (Ag)

Introduction, general overview:
Introducing epoch 1830-1920 | Technical innovations
Scientific innovations | Social conscience
Educational impulse, List of historical mining schools | Mine safety | Globalization
Records of the time:
Gilliss: Apires and barreteros | Work conditions of miners
The miners (Tornero 1872) | Apires y barreteros - Tornero
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Mining in historical figures
Mining science books

Introduction
The Atacama Region, located in the north of Chile, has always shown strong mining activity. From the pre-Spanish cultures, during the colonial and global industrialization era, mining is the most important economic activity in this area. The "mining" module of the Virtual Museum wants to present the historical mining environment and of course present these sectors. The pages focus on the years from 1830 to 1920 with the aim of showing the transition from highly artisanal mining to a well-technical operation. Of course there is a module of Chañarcillo and Tres Puntas, but it must be taken into account that these two mythical places are not the only representatives of the mining company from Atacama. Especially copper districts such as Cerro Blanco, Puquios and Checo de Copper marked in a very impressive way a development to a massive, highly technical exploitation during the years mentioned. The pages "Mining between 1830-1920" show some of the technical, social and scientific aspects of the time and look for a connection of world history with the events that took place in Atacama.
Today, the exploitation of non-renewable resources in the Atacama Region has reached extremely high levels. It is mainly copper, iron, gold and silver; in the non-metallic group: limestone, sand and gravel and phosphorite among others. It is worth mentioning that small-scale mining in high grade deposits - usually of a vetiform type - is still maintained. For example, the Golden Inca district of "Inca de Oro" shows a tireless activity during the last decades until today.

Alphabetical listing of mines in the Atacama Region, Chile:

A
Agua Amarga (Vallenar)
Agua Amarilla de cerro Blanco
Alaska
Al Fin Hallada de Tres Puntas
Amanda La Manda
Andarivel Mina Bronce
Animas
Argentina (Agua Amarga)
Aris de Agua Amarga
Astillas
Azufrera de Codocedo

B
Bartolo, San
Beatriz de Garín
Bocona de Chañarcillo
Bórax en Pedernales
Borracha
Bronce, El
Bronce, Andarivel Mina
Buena Esperanza de Tres Puntas / Chimberos

C
Cabeza de Vaca
Caleta El Cobre
California, Inca de Oro
Canto del Agua (Chañarcitos)
Carbón de La Ternera
Carmencita
Carrera Pinto - Puquios
Carrizal Alto
Catalina Sur, Oficina
Cerro Blanco
Chañarcillo
Chañarcitos - Canto del Agua
Checo de Cobre, San Jorge de
Cirujana (Inca de Oro)
Cobaltera
Cobre, Caleta El
Cobriza de Tres Puntas
Colmo
Colorada de Chañarcillo
Colorado de Cabeza de Vaca
Condell de Checo de Cobre
Cóndor de Inca de Oro
Coquimbana de Astillas
Coquimbana de Cerro Blanco

D
Descubridora de Chañarcillo
Descubridora en Pampa Larga
Descubridora de Checo de Cobre
Dolores 1 de Chañarcillo
Dolores 3 de Chañarcillo

E
El Bronce
El Cobre, Caleta
El Lucero
El Morado

F

Frontón Las Animas

G
Garin Viejo

H
Higirio

I
Inca de Oro, Distrito

K
Kuroki

L
La Baritina
La Borracha
Labrar
La Cirujana (Inca de Oro)
La Isla, Inca de Oro
La Manda / Amanda
La Negra de Astillas
La Paraguaya (Las Animas)
Las Animas
Las Guías (escuela)
La Ternera, Carbón de
Lomas Bayas
Loreto o Placeres, Las Animas
Lucero, El

M
Manda, La  / Amanda
Manto Wagner (Cabeza de Vaca)
Merceditas
Mollaca de Cerro Blanco
Morado, El

O
Oficina Catalina Sur
Oficina Severin
Oficina Tricolor

P
Paraguaya (Las Animas)
Pedernales, Bórax en
Placeres, Las Animas, Loreto
Porvenir de Astillas
Potrerillos
Puquios - Carrera Pinto

Q
Quebradita - Escuela (Freirina)
Quebradita (Inca de Oro)

R
Reconquista de Monroy
Remolinos (Cabeza de Vaca
Restauradora, Barros Luco, Llano de Lirios
Rhodesia (Inca de Oro)
Río El Salado

S
Salitreras cantón Taltal
San Bartolo
San Francisco de Chañarcillo
San Francisco - Jesús María
San Jorge de Checo de Cobre
San José
San Juan, Chañaral Alto
San Pedro de Cachiyuyo
Santa Rosa de Chañarcillo
Sarco
Sebastopol, Inca de Oro
Severin, Oficina
Sofía de Puquios

T
Teresa de Colmo
Tres Puntas
Tricolor, Oficina

V
Venus de Astillas
Victoria, Trapiche Victoria

W
Wagner, Manto  (Cabeza de Vaca)

List of the mining districts of Atacama
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