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Area:

756,096 km²

Type:

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French:

Chili

German:

Chile

Italian:

Cile

Quechua:

Chili

Russian:

Чили

Simplified Chinese:

智利

Spanish:

Chile

Abkhaz:

Чили

Achinese:

Chili

Adyghe:

Чили

Afrikaans:

Chili

Akan:

Chile

Albanian:

Kilia

Alemannic:

Chile

Amharic:

ቺሌ

Anglo-Saxon:

Cile

Arabic:

تشيلي

Aragonese:

Chile

Aramaic:

ܬܫܝܠܝ

Armenian:

Չիլի

Aromanian:

Cile

Asturian:

Chile

Avaric:

Чили

Aymara:

Chili

Azeri:

Çili

Bambara:

Chile

Bashkir:

Чили

Basque:

Txile

Bavarian:

Chile

Belarusian:

Чылі

Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):

Чылі

Bengali:

চিলি

Bishnupriya Manipuri:

চিলি

Bislama:

Chile

Bosnian:

Čile

Breton:

Chile

Buginese:

Chili

Bulgarian:

Чили

Burmese:

ချီလီနိုင်ငံ

Catalan:

Xile

Cebuano:

Chile

Central Bikol:

Tsile

Central Kurdish/Sorani:

چیلی

Chamorro:

Chile

Chavacano:

Chile

Chechen:

Чили

Cherokee:

ᏥᎵ

Chewa:

Chile

Cheyenne:

Chile

Church Slavic:

Чилє

Chuvash:

Чили

Classical Chinese:

智利

Cornish:

Chile

Corsican:

Cile

Crimean Tatar (Latin):

Çile

Croatian:

Čile

Czech:

Chile

Danish:

Chile

Doteli:

चिली

Dutch:

Chili

Dutch Low Saxon:

Chili

Dzongkha:

ཅི་ལེ

Egyptian Arabic:

تشيلى

Emilian-Romagnol:

Cîl

Erzya:

Чили Мастор

Esperanto:

Ĉilio

Estonian:

Tšiili

Ewe:

Chile

Extremaduran:

Chili

Faroese:

Kili

Farsi/Persian:

شیلی

Fiji Hindi:

Chile

Fijian:

Chile

Finnish:

Chile

Franco-Provençal:

Ch·ili

Friulian:

Cile

Fula:

Ciile

Gagauz:

Çili

Galician:

Chile

Gan:

智利

Georgian:

ჩილე

Gilaki:

شیلی

Greek:

Χιλή

Greenlandic:

Chile

Guarani:

Chile

Gujarati:

ચીલી

Haitian:

Chili

Hakka:

Chile

Hausa:

Chile

Hawaiian:

Chile

Hebrew:

צ’ילה

Hill Mari:

Чили

Hindi:

चिली

Hungarian:

Chile

Icelandic:

Síle

Ido:

Chili

Igbo:

Chile

Iloko:

Chile

Indonesian:

Chili

Interlingua:

Chile

Interlingue:

Chile

Inuktitut:

ᓯᓕ

Inupiaq:

Cili

Irish Gaelic:

An tSile

Jamaican Patois:

Chili

Japanese:

チリ

Javanese:

Cilé

Judaeo-Spanish:

Chile

Kabardian:

Чили

Kabiye:

Silii

Kabyle:

Cili

Kalmyk:

Чилмудин Орн

Kannada:

ಚಿಲಿ

Kapampangan:

Chile

Karachay-Balkar:

Чили

Karakalpak:

Chili

Kashmiri:

چلي

Kashubian:

Chile

Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):

Чили

Khmer:

ឈីលី

Kikuyu:

Chile

Kinyarwanda:

Shili

Komi:

Чили

Komi-Permyak:

Чили

Kongo:

Chile

Konkani:

चिली

Korean:

칠레

Kurdish (Latin Script):

Şîle

Kyrgyz:

Чили

Lao:

Chile

Latgalian:

Čile

Latin:

Chilia

Latvian:

Čīle

Lezghian:

Чили

Ligurian:

Cile

Limburgian:

Chili

Lingala:

Shili

Lingua Franca Nova:

Txile

Lithuanian:

Čilė

Livvi-Karelian:

Čili

Lojban:

tciles

Lombard:

Cile

Low Saxon/Low German:

Chile

Lower Sorbian:

Chilska

Luganda:

Chile

Luri:

شیلی

Luxembourgish:

Chile

Macedonian:

Чиле

Maithili:

चिली

Malagasy:

Silia

Malay:

Chile

Malayalam:

ചിലി

Maltese:

Ċili

Manx:

Yn Çhillee

Maori:

Hiri

Marathi:

चिली

Mazanderani:

شیلی

Meadow Mari:

Чили

Min Dong Chinese:

Chile

Minangkabau:

Chili

Mingrelian:

ჩილე

Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:

Chile

Mirandese:

Chile

Moksha:

Чиле

Mongolian:

Чили

Nahuatl:

Chile

Narom:

Chili

Nauruan:

Tsire

Navajo:

Chíilii

Neapolitan:

Cile

Nepali:

चिली

Newar / Nepal Bhasa:

चिली

Norfolk:

Chili

Northern Frisian:

Chiile

Northern Sami:

Chile

Northern Sotho:

Chile

Norwegian:

Chile

Norwegian (Nynorsk):

Chile

Novial:

Chile

Occitan:

Chile

Odia:

ଚିଲି

Ossetian:

Чили

Pali:

चिले

Pangasinan:

Chile

Papiamento:

Chile

Pashto:

چېلي

Pennsylvania German:

Chile

Pfaelzisch:

Chile

Picard:

Kili

Piedmontese:

Cile

Polish:

Chile

Pontic Greek:

Χιλε

Portuguese:

Chile

Punjabi:

ਚਿਲੇ

Ripuarian:

Chile

Romanian:

Chile

Romansh:

Chile

Rundi:

Chile

Russia Buriat:

Чили

Rusyn:

Чіле

Samoan:

Shili

Samogitian:

Čilė

Sango:

Shilïi

Sanskrit:

चिले

Sardinian:

Cile

Saterland Frisian:

Chile

Scots:

Chile

Scottish Gaelic:

An t-Sile

Serbian:

Чиле

Serbo-Croatian:

Čile

Sesotho:

Chile

Shona:

Chile

Sicilian:

Cili

Silesian:

Čile

Sindhi:

چلي

Sinhalese:

චිලී

Slovak:

Čile

Slovenian:

Čile

Somali:

Jili

South Azerbaijani:

شیلی

Sranan Tongo:

Sili

Sundanese:

Cilé

Swahili:

Chile

Swati:

IShile

Swedish:

Chile

Tagalog:

Chile

Tahitian:

Tīri

Tajik (Cyrillic Script):

Чили

Tamil:

சிலி

Tarantino:

Cile

Tatar:

Чили

Telugu:

చిలీ

Tetum:

Xile

Thai:

ชิลี

Tibetan (Standard):

ཅི་ལི།

Tigrinya:

ቺሌ

Tok Pisin:

Sili

Tongan:

Sile

Traditional Chinese:

智利

Tsonga:

Chile

Tulu:

ಚಿಲಿ

Tumbuka:

Chile

Turkish:

Şili

Turkmen:

Çili

Tuvan:

Чили

Twi:

Chile

Udmurt:

Чили

Ukrainian:

Чилі

Upper Sorbian:

Chilska

Urdu:

چلی

Uyghur:

چىلى

Uzbek (Latin Script):

Chili

Venetian:

Ciłe

Veps:

Čili

Vietnamese:

Chile

Vlax Romani:

Chile

Volapük:

Cilän

Võro:

Tsiili

Walloon:

Tchili

Waray:

Chile

Welsh:

Chile

West Flemish:

Chili

West Frisian:

Sily

Western Punjabi:

چلی

Wolof:

Sili

Wu Chinese:

智利

Xhosa:

IChile

Yakut:

Чили

Yiddish:

טשילע

Yoruba:

Tsílè

Zazaki:

Şili

Zeelandic:

Chili

Zhuang:

Chile

Zulu:

Chili

Chile is divided into 16 regions, each of which is headed by an intendente appointed by the President. Every region is further divided into provinces with a Gobernador Provincial, also appointed by the President. Finally, each of the 51 provinces is divided into municipalities (324) which are sometimes referred to as comunas, each with its own mayor, and councilors, known as concejales elected by their inhabitants.

Each region is designated by a name and a Roman numeral, assigned from north to south. In general, the Roman numeral is used, rather than the name. The only exception is the region where Santiago is situated, which is designated RM, which stands for Región Metropolitana, Metropolitan Region.

In 2005, the Chilean congress passed a reform to create two new regions, one in the north, around the city of Arica, and one in the south centered around Valdivia (aka Region of the Rivers). Being designated by numerals XIV and XV, both break the geographical numerical order from north to south. There is speculation that the numeral system will be dropped in favor of their formal names.
The two regions, 'Arica and Parinacota' in the north (created by subdividing the Tarapacá Region), and 'Los Ríos' in the south (created by subdividing the Los Lagos Region), became operative in October 2007.

On March 11, 2010, the creation of the Marga Marga Province gave Chile a new total of 54 provinces.

Note on names of mines: 'Oficina' is the name for a nitrate (saltpeter) mining property.

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

ⓘ Acanthite

ⓘ Actinolite

ⓘ 'Actinolite-Tremolite Series'

ⓘ Adamite (TL)

ⓘ var. Copper-bearing Adamite

ⓘ Alacránite (TL)

ⓘ Alcaparrosaite (TL)

ⓘ Algodonite (TL)

ⓘ 'α-Arsenic Sulphide'

ⓘ Alumolukrahnite (TL)

ⓘ Alunite

ⓘ Alunogen

ⓘ Amarantite (TL)

ⓘ Amarillite (TL)

ⓘ Ammineite (TL)

ⓘ Ammoniotinsleyite (TL)

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ 'Andradite-Grossular Series'

ⓘ Antipinite (TL)

ⓘ 'Antitaenite'

✪ Antlerite

ⓘ Antofagastaite (TL)

ⓘ Argentotennantite-(Zn)

ⓘ 'var. Mountain Leather'

ⓘ var. Titanium-bearing Augite

ⓘ Bakhchisaraitsevite

ⓘ Bandylite (TL)

ⓘ Barahonaite-(Al)

ⓘ Bariopharmacoalumite

ⓘ Bariopharmacosiderite

ⓘ Bellingerite (TL)

ⓘ Betpakdalite-NaNa (TL)

ⓘ 'Blaubleibender Covellite'

ⓘ Blödite

ⓘ Bobierrite (TL)

ⓘ Bonazziite (TL)

ⓘ Boothite

ⓘ var. Iron-bearing Boothite

ⓘ var. Iodian Bromargyrite

ⓘ var. Mercuroan Bromargyrite

ⓘ Brookite

ⓘ Brucite

ⓘ Brüggenite (TL)

ⓘ Brushite

ⓘ Butlerite

ⓘ Cadwaladerite (TL)

ⓘ Caesiumpharmacosiderite (TL)

ⓘ 'Calcium Amphibole Subgroup'

ⓘ Camanchacaite (TL)

ⓘ Camaronesite (TL)

ⓘ Canutite (TL)

ⓘ Capgaronnite

ⓘ Caracolite (TL)

ⓘ Carbonatecyanotrichite

ⓘ Carlosruizite (TL)

ⓘ Chalcanthite (TL)

ⓘ var. Phillipite

ⓘ Chalcoalumite

ⓘ Chalcocite

ⓘ var. Sooty chalcocite

ⓘ Challacolloite (TL)

ⓘ Chamosite

ⓘ Chanabayaite (TL)

ⓘ Chinchorroite (TL)

ⓘ Chlorapatite

ⓘ Chlorargyrite

ⓘ var. Bromine-bearing Chlorargyrite

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

ⓘ Chongite (TL)

ⓘ Christelite (TL)

ⓘ 'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'

ⓘ Clinoatacamite (TL)

ⓘ 'Clinoptilolite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ Clinoungemachite (TL)

ⓘ Coquimbite (TL)

ⓘ Cuatrocapaite-(K) (TL)

ⓘ Cuatrocapaite-(NH4) (TL)

ⓘ Cubanite

ⓘ Cumengeite

ⓘ Cuprite

ⓘ var. Chalcotrichite

ⓘ var. Tile ore

ⓘ Cuprocopiapite (TL)

ⓘ Cuprotungstite

ⓘ Currierite (TL)

ⓘ Cuyaite (TL)

ⓘ Cyanotrichite

ⓘ Cyrilovite

ⓘ Darapskite (TL)

ⓘ Daubréelite

ⓘ 'Daviesite' (FRL)

ⓘ 'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'

ⓘ var. Iron-bearing Dolomite

ⓘ var. Aromite (of Darapsky)

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

ⓘ Ferricopiapite (TL)

ⓘ Ferri-katophorite

ⓘ Ferrimolybdite

ⓘ Ferrinatrite (TL)

ⓘ Ferrisymplesite

ⓘ 'Ferri-winchite (of Leake 1978)'

ⓘ Ferro-richterite

ⓘ Feruvite

ⓘ Fettelite

ⓘ Fibroferrite (TL)

ⓘ var. Cuproapatite (FRL)

ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)

ⓘ 'Freibergite Subgroup'

ⓘ Freieslebenite

ⓘ Fuenzalidaite (TL)

ⓘ Gajardoite (TL)

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ var. Silver-bearing Galena

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

ⓘ Gartrellite

ⓘ Geffroyite

ⓘ George-ericksenite (TL)

ⓘ Georgeliuite (TL)

ⓘ Guanacoite (TL)

ⓘ var. Satin Spar Gypsum

ⓘ 'Hayesine (of Alger)'

ⓘ Heazlewoodite

ⓘ Hectorfloresite (TL)

ⓘ Hedegaardite (TL)

ⓘ Herbertsmithite (TL)

ⓘ 'Heulandite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'High-calcium pyroxene'

ⓘ Hinsdalite

ⓘ Hisingerite

ⓘ Hohmannite (TL)

ⓘ Hollandite

ⓘ Hollingworthite

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ Humberstonite (TL)

ⓘ Huntite

ⓘ Hydrobiotite

ⓘ Hydrocerussite

ⓘ Hydrochlorborite (TL)

ⓘ Hydroniumpharmacosiderite

ⓘ 'Hydrophilite'

ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

ⓘ Iquiqueite (TL)

ⓘ Iranite

ⓘ Irarsite

ⓘ 'Iridescent coating'

ⓘ 'Jahnsite-(CaMgMg)'

ⓘ Joanneumite (TL)

ⓘ Joëlbruggerite

ⓘ Jordisite

ⓘ Joteite (TL)

ⓘ Juangodoyite (TL)

ⓘ Juansilvaite (TL)

ⓘ Kentrolite (TL)

ⓘ Leightonite (TL)

ⓘ Lemanskiite (TL)

ⓘ Leonite

ⓘ Lepidocrocite

ⓘ Leucophosphite

ⓘ Leucostaurite (TL)

ⓘ 'Leucoxene'

ⓘ Leverettite (TL)

ⓘ Lindgrenite (TL)

ⓘ 'Low-calcium pyroxene'

ⓘ Magnesiocanutite (TL)

ⓘ Magnesiocopiapite

ⓘ Magnesiofluckite (TL)

ⓘ Magnesio-foitite

ⓘ Magnesio-hornblende

ⓘ Magnesiokoritnigite (TL)

ⓘ Magnesiovoltaite (TL)

ⓘ Magnesite

ⓘ Magnetite

ⓘ var. Mushketovite

ⓘ var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite

ⓘ 'var. Manganese Dendrites'

ⓘ Manganite

ⓘ Manganlotharmeyerite

ⓘ var. Cupro-iodargyrite

ⓘ Mauriziodiniite (TL)

ⓘ Mawsonite

ⓘ Mckinstryite

ⓘ Mejillonesite (TL)

ⓘ Melanothallite

ⓘ Melanterite

ⓘ var. Copper-bearing Melanterite

ⓘ 'Melilite Group'

ⓘ Melkovite

ⓘ 'Melnikovite'

ⓘ Mendozavilite-KCa (TL)

ⓘ Mendozavilite-NaCu (TL)

ⓘ Meta-alunogen (TL)

ⓘ Meta-ankoleite

ⓘ Meta-autunite

ⓘ Metahohmannite (TL)

ⓘ Metasideronatrite (TL)

ⓘ Metastibnite

ⓘ Metatamboite (TL)

ⓘ var. Chromium-bearing Mimetite

ⓘ Moschellandsbergite

ⓘ ~~'Native Manganese'~~

ⓘ var. Arsenic-bearing Silver

ⓘ var. Chilenite

ⓘ Native Sulphur

ⓘ Native Tellurium

ⓘ Native Zinc (TL)

ⓘ Natroalunite

ⓘ 'Natroalunite-2c'

ⓘ Natrochalcite (TL)

ⓘ Natrodufrénite

ⓘ Natrojarosite

ⓘ Natrolite

ⓘ Natropharmacoalumite

ⓘ Natropharmacosiderite

ⓘ Nitrobarite ? (TL)

ⓘ Nobleite

ⓘ Nontronite

ⓘ Nowackiite

ⓘ Obradovicite-KCu (TL)

ⓘ Obradovicite-NaCu (TL)

ⓘ Obradovicite-NaNa (TL)

ⓘ var. Zinc-bearing Olivenite

ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ Orthoserpierite

ⓘ Osarizawaite

ⓘ Osarsite

ⓘ Pabellóndepicaite (TL)

ⓘ 'Palagonite'

ⓘ Palmierite

ⓘ Palygorskite

ⓘ Parabutlerite (TL)

ⓘ Paracoquimbite (TL)

ⓘ Paratacamite (TL)

ⓘ Paratacamite-(Mg) (TL)

ⓘ Pharmacoalumite (TL)

ⓘ 'Phillipsite Subgroup'

ⓘ Phlogopite

ⓘ Phoenicochroite

ⓘ Phosgenite

ⓘ Phosphohedyphane (TL)

ⓘ Pickeringite (TL)

ⓘ 'Planerite-Turquoise Series'

ⓘ Plattnerite

ⓘ 'Plessite'

ⓘ Plumbogummite

ⓘ 'Plumbogummite Group'

ⓘ var. Tungsten-powellite

ⓘ 'Proustite-Pyrargyrite Series'

ⓘ 'Pumpellyite Subgroup'

ⓘ Pyrargyrite

ⓘ Pyrite

ⓘ var. Cobalt-bearing Pyrite

ⓘ var. Gold-bearing Pyrite

ⓘ var. Ferruginous Quartz

ⓘ Quenstedtite (TL)

ⓘ Ríosecoite (TL)

ⓘ Riotintoite (TL)

ⓘ Sanrománite (TL)

ⓘ Santanaite (TL)

ⓘ Santarosaite (TL)

ⓘ Schlossmacherite (TL)

ⓘ Schwartzembergite (TL)

ⓘ Scolecite

ⓘ Scorodite

ⓘ Seeligerite (TL)

ⓘ Segerstromite (TL)

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

ⓘ var. Ca-rich Siderite

✪ Sideronatrite (TL)

ⓘ 'var. Combarbalite'

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Stylotypite' (FRL)

✪ Szenicsite (TL)

ⓘ Tamarugite (TL)

ⓘ Tarapacáite (TL)

ⓘ Tellurite

ⓘ Telluromandarinoite (TL)

ⓘ Tennantite-(Mn) (TL)

ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup'

ⓘ Teschemacherite ?

ⓘ Tetradymite

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Group'

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' (FRL)

ⓘ 'var. Mercury-bearing Tetrahedrite'

ⓘ 'var. Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite'

ⓘ 'Thomsonite Subgroup'

ⓘ Torrecillasite (TL)

ⓘ Tosudite

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

ⓘ Tremolite

ⓘ Triazolite (TL)

ⓘ Tridymite

ⓘ Trippkeite (TL)

ⓘ 'UM1970-18-S:As' (FRL)

ⓘ 'UM1970-26-S:CuZn'

ⓘ 'UM1971-17-S:Mo'

ⓘ 'UM1971-20-SiO:Mo'

ⓘ 'UM1998://:IOCrO-CaClKTi'

ⓘ Ungemachite (TL)

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Arseniosiderite-related mineral)'

ⓘ 'Unnamed (Na-Mg Arsenate Hydroxyarsenate)'

ⓘ Vendidaite (TL)

ⓘ 'var. Cobalt-bearing Wad'

ⓘ 'var. Copper-bearing Wad'

ⓘ Wadsleyite

ⓘ Wairakite

ⓘ Wakabayashilite

ⓘ Walfordite (TL)

ⓘ Walthierite (TL)

ⓘ var. Chromium-bearing Wulfenite

861 valid minerals. 151 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 5 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 3 erroneous literature entries.

Rock Types Recorded

Rock list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Select Rock List Type

Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

ⓘ 'Actinolite schist'

ⓘ Alkali basalt

ⓘ Amphibolite

ⓘ 'Amphibolite gneiss'

ⓘ 'Anomalous IIE iron meteorite'

ⓘ 'Biotite Monzogranite'

ⓘ 'Birbirite'

ⓘ 'Blueschist'

ⓘ Breccia

ⓘ 'Brecciated andesite'

ⓘ C3 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ CBa chondrite meteorite

ⓘ 'CO3.1 chondrite meteorite'

ⓘ Comenditic rhyolite

ⓘ 'Feldspar porphyry'

ⓘ 'Feldspathic Gneiss'

ⓘ Fine-grained ("volcanic") normal crystalline igneous rock

ⓘ Gabbro

ⓘ 'Geyserite'

ⓘ 'Glaucophane schist'

ⓘ H6 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ 'Hydrothermal breccia'

ⓘ IIAB iron meteorite

ⓘ L6 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ Mesosiderite-A1 meteorite

ⓘ 'Microconglomerate'

ⓘ 'Microgranite'

ⓘ 'Microgranodiorite'

ⓘ 'Mud-grade limestone'

ⓘ Mudstone

ⓘ Mugearite

ⓘ 'Muscovite granite'

ⓘ PMG pallasite meteorite

ⓘ 'Pahoehoe'

ⓘ Peat

ⓘ 'Pegmatite'

ⓘ 'Pegmatitic gabbro'

ⓘ 'Porphyritic andesite'

ⓘ 'Quartz-feldspar porphyry'

ⓘ 'Quartz-mica schist'

ⓘ Quartz-monzodiorite

ⓘ Quartz-monzonite

ⓘ Quartzite

ⓘ 'Quartzose sandstone'

ⓘ 'Tholeiitic basalt'

ⓘ 'Vitrophyric porphyry'

ⓘ Volcanic breccia

ⓘ Volcaniclastic rock

ⓘ Volcaniclastic-breccia

ⓘ Wacke

ⓘ Welded tuff

ⓘ Winonaite meteorite

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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile
Wikidata ID:	Q298
GeoNames ID:	3895114

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Chile

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References

Singewald, J.T. Jr. and Miller, B.L. (1916) The genesis of the Chilean nitrate deposits. Economic Geology, 11, 103-114.

Whitehead, Walter Lucius (1920) The Chilean nitrate deposits. Economic Geology, 15 (3) 187-224 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.15.3.187

Girvan, Norman (1972) Copper in Chile: A Study in Conflict Between Corporate and National Economy. Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, 86 pp.

Moran, Theodore H. (1975) Multinational Corporations and the Politics of Dependence: Copper in Chile.

Ericksen, G.E. (1981) Geology and origin of the Chilean nitrate deposits. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1188, 37 pp.

Chili Komitee Nederland and Onderzoeksgroep Multinationale Ondernemingen Latijns-Amerika (MOL) (1983) Het koper van Chili. Amsterdam, 55 pp. (in Dutch).

Ericksen, G.E. (1983) The Chilean nitrate deposits. American Scientist, 71, 366-374.

Ruiz Fuller, C. and Peebles F. (1988) Yacimientos metalíferos de Chile. Fondecyt, Stgo de Chile, xx pp.

Sillitoe, Richard H. (1991) Gold metallogeny of Chile - an introduction. Economic Geology, 86 (6). 1187-1205 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.86.6.1187

www.sernageomin.cl (n.d.) http://www.sernageomin.cl/

www.albumdesierto.cl (n.d.) http://www.albumdesierto.cl/aleman/1oficina.htm

www.direcmin.com (n.d.) http://www.direcmin.com/

www.statoids.com (n.d.) http://www.statoids.com/ucl.html

Moreno, Teresa, Gibbons, Wes - Eds. (2007) The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society.

Maskaev, V., Townley, B., Palacios, C., Camus, F. (2007) Metallic Ore Deposits. In The Geology of Chile. The Geological Society. p.179-200.

en.wikipedia.org (n.d.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Chile

en.wikipedia.org (n.d.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Chile

en.wikipedia.org (n.d.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Chile

Seo, J. (2011) Solving the mystery of the Atacama nitrate deposits: the use of stable oxygen isotope analysis and geochemistry. Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research, 1, 38-45. [http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=jpur]

Cabello, José (2021) Gold Deposits in Chile. Andean Geology, 48 (1) 1pp. doi:10.5027/andgeov48n1-3294

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