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Cantera Cerro Blanco

Mine with plantCarbonatos de calcioTiltil, Chacabuco, MetropolitanaActive

Site ID 23440 · 15 installations in the register

Installations

What the register lists at this site, grouped by function.

4Extraction1Process plants1Tailings6Dumps and deposits1Ports and transport

Extraction4

NameTypeStatusElevationCoordinatesSERNAGEOMIN
Mina Calerias ViejasOpen-pit mineActiva570 m a.s.l.-33.1686, -70.8356SERNAGEOMIN
Mina Cerro BlancoOpen-pit mineActiva593 m a.s.l.-33.1711, -70.8361SERNAGEOMIN
Mina Cerro MesaOpen-pit mineActiva763 m a.s.l.-33.1672, -70.8181SERNAGEOMIN
Mina Loma OrientalOpen-pit mineActiva570 m a.s.l.-33.1511, -70.8102SERNAGEOMIN

Process plants1

NameTypeStatusElevationCoordinatesSERNAGEOMIN
Unidad de Relaves Filtrados Faena Cerro Blanco / Planta FiltradoFilter plantActiva595 m a.s.l.-33.1703, -70.8280SERNAGEOMIN

Tailings1

NameTypeStatusElevationCoordinatesSERNAGEOMIN
Unidad de Relaves Filtrados Faena Cerro BlancoFiltered tailings depositIrregular operativa648 m a.s.l.-33.1679, -70.8266SERNAGEOMIN

Dumps and deposits6

NameTypeStatusElevationCoordinatesSERNAGEOMIN
Acopio Tierra VegetalWaste rock dumpActiva535 m a.s.l.-33.1648, -70.8356SERNAGEOMIN
Botadero Calerias ViejasWaste rock dumpActiva658 m a.s.l.-33.1761, -70.8410SERNAGEOMIN
Botadero Las TorresWaste rock dumpActiva557 m a.s.l.-33.1690, -70.8323SERNAGEOMIN
Botadero Loma OrientalWaste rock dumpActiva612 m a.s.l.-33.1539, -70.8136SERNAGEOMIN
Acopio Mineralizado Calerías ViejasLow-grade stockpileActiva541 m a.s.l.-33.1672, -70.8350SERNAGEOMIN
Acopio PorosoLow-grade stockpileActiva609 m a.s.l.-33.1596, -70.8226SERNAGEOMIN

Ports and transport1

NameTypeStatusElevationCoordinatesSERNAGEOMIN
Acopio GravillaStockyardActiva574 m a.s.l.-33.1625, -70.8247SERNAGEOMIN

Support2

NameTypeStatusElevationCoordinatesSERNAGEOMIN
Cantera Cerro BlancoExplosives magazineActiva578 m a.s.l.-33.1412, -71.7933SERNAGEOMIN
Taller Mantención ContratistaWorkshopsActiva550 m a.s.l.-33.1573, -70.8271SERNAGEOMIN

Status changes

2 installations changed status between April 2025 and today, according to the dated copies of the register.

  • Unidad de relaves filtrados faena cerro blanco· Depósito - filtradosEn revision de proyecto → Irregular operativaSERNAGEOMIN
  • Unidad de relaves filtrados faena cerro blanco / planta filtrado· Planta filtroEn revision de proyecto → ActivaSERNAGEOMIN

Source: SERNAGEOMIN, copies of the register of installations of 8 April, 8 September and 26 November 2025, compared with today's register. Referential: a change in the register does not always match the date of the event.

Deposits nearby

Deposits and prospects of SERNAGEOMIN's national database within 15 km of this operation, nearest first.

  • Calerias Viejas· Caliza· 0.3 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Medium · Mined

    • Reserve: Probables: Millones ton · Sin Antecedentes
  • Loma Sureste, Loma Matapiojo· Caliza· 0.5 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Medium · Mined

    • Reserve: Probables: Millones ton · 1997
  • Cerro Mesa· Caliza· 1.8 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Medium · Mined

    • Reserve: Probables: Millones ton · 1997
  • Puntilla Matapiojo· Caliza· 2 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Medium · Mined

    • Reserve: Probables: Millones ton · 1997
  • Cerro Blanco· Caliza· 2.2 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Medium · Mined

    • Reserve: Probables: Millones ton · 2000
  • Loma Oriental· Caliza· 2.9 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Medium · Mined

    • Reserve: Probables: Millones ton · Sin Antecedentes
  • El Manzano· Caliza· 3.4 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Mined

  • Concepcion· Caliza· 3.5 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Mined

  • Chacabuco· Fe· 5.9 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Small · Mined

  • Salvacion· Caliza· 6.5 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Small · Mined

    • Reserve: Probadas: 20000 t · 1972
  • Sin Nombre· Arcilla Común· 6.6 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Medium · Mined

    • Reserve: Probables: Millones ton · 1997
  • Sin Nombre· Granito· 6.7 km awaySERNAGEOMIN

    Very large · Mined

    • Reserve: Probables: Millones ton · 1998

Source: SERNAGEOMIN, national deposit database (SIA Yacimientos). Referential: the distance is between points and does not say who owns each deposit. Every deposit in the country is on Deposits.