Panulcillo

Panulcillo
Panulcillo
Panulcillo
Location
LocationOvalle
RegionCoquimbo Region
CountryChile
Coordinates30°28′34.21″S 71°13′12.36″W / 30.4761694°S 71.2201000°W / -30.4761694; -71.2201000
Production
ProductsCopper

Panulcillo is a copper ore deposit hosting various underground mines in north-central Chile about 15 km north of the city of Ovalle.

Etymologically Panulcillo means "little celery", with panul being a Mapuche word adopted into Chilean Spanish with the meaning of celery.

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