El Inglés mine
Entrance to mine area | |
El Inglés | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Commune of Rancagua |
| Region | O'Higgins Region |
| Country | Chile |
| Coordinates | 34°04′25″S 70°52′57″W / 34.073611°S 70.8825°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Copper, gold |
| Owner | |
| Company | Compañía Minera El Inglés |
The El Inglés mine is a copper ine located in O'Higgins Region, Chile, 15 km northwest of the city of Rancagua. It is the oldest deposit in the Chancón mining district.[1]
The mine is located in the Farellones Formation and consists of a vein system from which copper is extracted, as well as gold and tin in smaller quantities.[2] It covers an area of approximately ten hectares and is located between the Anita and La Mina ravines, on the northeastern slopes of a massif of the Chilean Coast Range.[3]
It was owned by the National Mining Enterprise in the 1970s.[4] In 1975, the El Inglés treatment plant began operations through the mining contract company Minera El Inglés. Beginning in 1984, the company was acquired by CEMIN and processed its own and purchased gold ores using the flotation process until 1998. On December 29, 2011, the Graneros Mining Company acquired the company, changing its corporate name to Compañía Minera El Inglés on March 19, 2012.[5] The mine was fined by National Geology and Mining Service in 2016 for illegaly rising the walls of its tailings dam.[6]
In the 1950s, the film Llampo de sangre (lit. "Flash of Blood") was filmed at the mine, based on the novel of the same name by Oscar Castro, a local man from Rancagua.[7]
References
- ^ "Faenas mineras del sector Chancón de Pirquineros llegan a 20, aumentando la producción de oro". El Cachapoal (in Spanish). 20 January 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ Di Biase, Francisco (1973). La minería de las provincias de O'Higgins y Colchagua (PDF) (Report). Informe IREN N°31. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- ^ Jorquera Aliste, Mauricio Antonio (2013). "Análisis Regional de Sitios Abandonados con Potencial Presencia de Contaminantes. Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins" (PDF). Memoria para optar al título de Geógrafo. Universidad de Chile. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
- ^ Arce Saavedra, Tania (18 August 2010). "La sacrificada historia de los Pirquineros de Chancón". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Ficha del Proyecto: Planta El Inglés". seia.sea.gob.cl. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ Aplica sanción a la Compañía Minera El Ingles por infringir el Decreto Supremo No. 248, de 2006, que aprueba el reglamento para la aprobación de los proyectos de diseño, construcción, operación y cierre de los depósitos de relaves, en la faena minera Planta El Inglés, ubicada en la Comuna de Rancagua, Provincia de Cachapoal, Región del Liberatador Bernardo O'Higgins (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). National Geology and Mining Service. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
- ^ "Doble traspiés de cinta chilena: actor herido y negativa policial para actuar". Cinechile (in Spanish). 23 February 1954. Retrieved 21 July 2020.