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Chañarcillo is a town and mine in the
Atacama Desert of Copiapó Province,
Atacama Region, Chile,
located near
Vallenar and 60 km from Copiapó. It is noted...
- chlorargyrite.
Magnificent groups of
large crystals have been
found at
Chañarcillo in Chile;
other localities which have
yielded fine
specimens are Freiberg...
- 1826. The
economy began to boom due to the
discovery of
silver ore in
Chañarcillo, and the
growing trade of the port of Valparaíso,
which led to conflict...
- from Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru
arrived to work in
Chañarcillo.
During the
heyday of
Chañarcillo, it
produced more than 332 tons of
silver ore until...
- 1832 by Juan Godoy, a
humble woodcutter, an
enormous silver deposit in
Chañarcillo. The need to
transport the ore from the
interior to the coast, combined...
- product.
Candelaria mine
Mantos Blancos mine
Mantoverde mine
Escondida Chanarcillo Los
Pelambres mine
Chuquicamata El
Salvador mine
Candelaria mine El Indio...
- district. A
bronze statue commemorates Juan Godoy,
discoverer of the
Chañarcillo silver mines in the 19th century. The Copiapó-Caldera
railway line, built...
- and
managed the coal
mines in Lota and Coronel, the
silver mines of
Chañarcillo, the
vineyard Viña Cousiño
Macul and had her own
trade fleet, and was...
- and Changos.[citation needed] The
region experienced a boom when the
Chañarcillo silver mine was
discovered by Juan
Godoy in 1832. Much of the region...
- was
first described in 1866 for an
occurrence at the type
locality of
Chañarcillo, Copiapó Province,
Atacama Region, Chile. List of
minerals List of minerals...
