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Restaradora Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chilei
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Restaradora Mine | Mine |
| Chuquicamata District | Mining District |
| Calama | Municipality |
| El Loa Province | Province |
| Antofagasta | Region |
| Chile | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude:
22° South , 68° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~123km
Type:
A small mine near Chuquicamata that is where they found the partially mineralized mummy known at the Copper Man that is on display in the American Museum of Natural History. The small working has probably been long sense subsumed by the giant open pit copper mine that is Chuquicamata today. The pre-Colombian Indian was found in the mine, apparently the victim of a mining accident. He was mining copper ore with primitive stone tools when a rock shifted trapping him and killing him. Over hundreds of years his body became mineralized and through a long chain of events where the mummy was fought over by various parties and being exhibited at the Pan American Exhibition in 1901 the mummy was finally donated to the American Museum of Natural History. As part of the battle for the ownership of the mummy it was analysed and found to be 1% copper, though this may be only the exterior portion of the mummy.
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Chile
- Atacama DesertDesert
South AmericaContinent
- AndesMountain Range
South America PlateTectonic Plate
- Arequipa ProvinceAccretionary Complex
- Atacama basinBasin
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