Escondida Mine

Summary

Escondida Mine is a copper mine^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of copper_mine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Escondida Mine is located in Antofagasta Region^[3].
• Escondida Mine is in the country of Chile^[4].
• Escondida Mine's image is recorded as EscondidaMine-EO.JPG^[5].
• Escondida Mine's instance of is recorded as copper mine^[6].
• Escondida Mine's instance of is recorded as quarry^[7].
• Escondida Mine's owned by is recorded as BHP Group^[8].
• Escondida Mine's owned by is recorded as Rio Tinto Group^[9].
• Escondida Mine's owned by is recorded as International Finance Corporation^[10].
• Escondida Mine's owned by is recorded as Jeco^[11].
• Escondida Mine's operator is recorded as Minera Escondida^[12].
• Escondida Mine's operator is recorded as BHP Group^[13].
• Escondida Mine's Commons category is recorded as Escondida Mine^[14].
• Escondida Mine's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 17671283^[15].
• +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Escondida Mine^[16].
• Escondida Mine's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -24.27, 'lon': -69.07}^[17].
• Escondida Mine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0vpxb9w^[18].
• Escondida Mine's official website is recorded as https://www.bhp.com/our-businesses/minerals-americas/escondida/^[19].
• Escondida Mine's described at URL is recorded as https://www.icmm.com/en-gb/research/data/2025/global-mining-dataset^[20].
• Escondida Mine's product or material produced is recorded as silver^[21].

Body

Geography

Escondida Mine is in the country of Chile^[4]. It is located in Antofagasta Region^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include copper mine^[6] and quarry^[7].

History and Context

+1990-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Escondida Mine^[16]. Owners include BHP Group^[8], a business^[22], in Australia^[23], founded in 2001^[24], headquartered in Melbourne^[25]; Rio Tinto Group^[9], a group of companies^[26], in United Kingdom^[27], founded in 1873^[28], headquartered in Melbourne^[29]; International Finance Corporation^[10], an international financial institution^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1956^[32], headquartered in Washington, D.C.^[33]; and Jeco^[11], a business^[34], in Japan^[35], founded in 1952^[36].

Why It Matters

Escondida Mine ranks in the top 7% of copper_mine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37]