South America
Chile
Atacama

San José Mine

The San José Mine was a small copper-gold mine located near , , . The mine became known internationally for its collapse in 2010, which trapped 33 miners 700 metres underground.
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  • Type: Quarry
  • Description: copper-gold mine located near Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile
  • Also known as: “San Jose Mine”

San José Mine

Latitude
-27.15688° or 27° 9′ 25″ south
Longitude
-70.49971° or 70° 29′ 59″ west
Open location code
574FRGV2+64
Open­Street­Map ID
way 81229667
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Wiki­data ID
Q963820
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In Other Languages

From Estonian to Welsh—“San José Mine” goes by many names.
  • Estonian: “San José kaevandus”
  • French: “mine de San José”
  • French: “Mine de San José”
  • Indonesian: “Tambang San José”
  • Japanese: “サンホセ鉱山”
  • Korean: “산호세 광산”
  • Spanish: “Mina San Jose”
  • Spanish: “Mina San José”
  • Vietnamese: “Mỏ San José”
  • Welsh: “Chwarel San José”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San José Mine”. Photo: desierto atacama, CC BY-SA 2.0.