Potrerillos, Chile

Potrerillos is a ghost town in the interior of Atacama Region, Chile. Potrerillos became established as mining camp in the 1920s by Andes Copper Mining Company.

The town is home to the copper smelter of Fundición Potrerillos established in 1927 and currently owned by Codelco and processing the ores of El Salvador.

There is an airport in the area, the Potrerillos Airport.

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