Update of the Geologic Setting and Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposits of the Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile

Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern Chile

Geologic Setting and Evolution of the Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum and Copper-Gold Deposits at Los Pelambres, Central Chile

Protracted Magmatic-Hydrothermal History of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest Known Concentration of Copper

Geology of the Bingham Canyon Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Utah

Geology and Exploration Progress at the Resolution Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Arizona

Медно-порфировое месторождение Эскондида, Север Чили: Открытие, расположение, геология, гипогенная минерализация и гипергенная руда - Обзор

The Escondida porphyry copper deposit and its satellites are the source of ore for the world's current largest copper mine, with an installed capacity of 1.2 Mt of fine copper per annum. The published ore reserve + mineral resource at Escondida and the satellite Escondida Norte deposits at the end of 2004 totalled 2.88 Gt @ 1.13% Cu, or 10.11 Gt @ 0.70% Cu when lower grade leach and oxide ores are included. Escondida was discovered in 1981 as the culmination of an exploration program initiated in 1978. This program, the Atacama Project, was specifically targeted at locating supergene enriched porphyry copper ore within the 500 km interval between Chuquicamata and El Salvador, in the established porphyry copper belt of northern Chile.