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Draft:La Coipa
La Coipa
La Coipa is located in Atacama Region
La Coipa
Location within Atacama Region
La Coipa is located in Chile
La Coipa
Location within Chile
Location
ProductsGold
Production167,870 ounces gold
CompanyKinross Gold

La Coipa is a gold mine in the Andes and Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It lies 140 km northeast of the city of Copiapó at an altitude of 3,800 to 4,200 meters above sea level.[1][2][3] The area of mine is cold, very arid, windy and experiences slight snowfall in winter.[1] In 2023 it produced 4,759 kg of gold making it rank fourth in gold production in Chile, ahead of Collahuasi and after Escondida, Centinela and El Peñón.[4] Exploration leading to the establishment of La Coipa mine begun in the late 1970s following the realization of the size of the El Indio mine farther south.[1] The deposit itself was discovered in the 1980–1982 period.[1] It opened in 1993 and its mine closure is planned for 2032.[4][3] It is fully owned by Kinross Gold since 2007 when the company bought out Goldcorp Inc. that owned 50% of the mining operation.[3]

The rocks hosting the gold mineralization are varied. They include shale and sandstone of Triassic age and tuff and tuffaceous breccia that date to times slighly before or after the Oligocene–Miocene boundary.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Oviedo, Luis; Grez, Enrique; Aguilar, Angelo (1991). "General Geology of La Coipa PreciousMetal Deposit, Atacama,Chile". Economic Geology. 86: 1287–1300.
  2. ^ "Especial Proyectos Mineros: La Coipa, Fenix Gold y Lobo Marte". Revista Nueva Minería y Energía (in Spanish). 2025-02-09. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
  3. ^ a b c "La Coipa". Consejo Minero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  4. ^ a b "The five largest gold mines in operation in Chile". Mining Technology. 2024-06-18. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
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