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In pre-Columbian times, mining of gold, silver, copper, emeralds, salt, coal and other minerals was already widespread. Precious metals as gold, [2] and silver, [3] platinum, nickel and coltan are located in different areas throughout the country.
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Bornite is an important copper ore mineral and occurs widely in porphyry copper deposits along with the more common chalcopyrite.Chalcopyrite and bornite are both typically replaced by chalcocite and covellite in the supergene enrichment zone of copper deposits.
Porphyry copper deposits represent an important resource and the dominant source of copper that is mined today to satisfy global demand. [6] Via compilation of geological data, it has been found that the majority of porphyry deposits are Phanerozoic in age and were emplaced at depths of approximately 1 to 6 kilometres with vertical thicknesses on average of 2 kilometres. [6]
The mine has one of the largest copper reserves in the United States and in the world. In 2018, the deposit had estimated proven and probable reserves of 3,369 million tonnes of ore grading 0.23% copper and 0.02% molybdenum , along with an additional resource of 1,378 million tonnes of mineralized material at 0.17% copper and 0.02% molybdenum.
The mine is the result of a ten-year exploration and construction program based on a 1999 discovery of the porphyry copper deposit. Production began in 2000. Production began in 2000. The mine utilizes a "truck and shovel" open-pit mining method, with ore reporting to semi-Autogenous Grinding and ball mills , followed by a flotation circuit .
Just north of the main Mutanda deposit is the Shabara open pit mine. Shabara lies within the exploitation area held by Mutanda Mining Sarl (MUMI), where artisanal mining is illegal. Shabara is run by the artisanal mining cooperative COMAKAT, who signed an agreement in 2010 with the previous majority owners of the Mutanda, the Dino Steel ...
The deposits at Creighton mine were the first mineralized deposits discovered in the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC) mining camp. They were discovered by Albert Salter in 1856 due to deflections in his compass readings. [7] Production at Creighton Mine began in 1901 under the Canadian Copper Company, and later the International Nickel Company .