Units of Measure in Mineral Commodity

Units of Measure in Mineral Commodity

1 carat (metric) (diamond) = 200 milligrams
1 flask (fl) = 76 pounds, avoirdupois
1 karat (gold) = one twenty-fourth part
1 kilogram (kg) = 2.2046 pounds, avoirdupois
1 long ton (lt) = 2,240 pounds, avoirdupois
1 long ton unit (ltu) = 1% of 1 long ton or 22.4 pounds avoirdupois
long calcined ton (lct) = excludes water of hydration
long dry ton (ldt) = excludes excess free moisture
1 Mcf = 1,000 cubic feet
1 metric ton (t) = 2,204.6 pounds, avoirdupois or 1,000 kilograms
1 metric ton (t) = 1.1023 short ton
1 metric ton unit (mtu) = 1% of 1 metric ton or 10 kilograms
metric dry ton (mdt) = excludes excess free moisture
1 pound (lb) = 453.6 grams
1 short ton (st) = 2,000 pounds, avoirdupois
1 short ton unit (stu) = 1% of 1 short ton or 20 pounds, avoirdupois
short dry ton (sdt) = excludes excess free moisture
1 troy ounce (tr oz) = 1.09714 avoirdupois ounces or 31.103 grams
1 troy pound = 12 troy ounces

Chuquicamata

Chuquicamata

Chuquicamata, or "Chuqui" as it is more familiarly known, is by excavated volume the biggest open pit copper mine in the world, located in the north of Chile, just outside of Calama, 215 km northeast of Antofagasta and 1,240 km north of the capital, Santiago. The mine is owned and operated by Codelco, a Chilean state enterprise, since the Chilean nationalization of copper in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Its depth of 850 metres (2,790 ft) makes it the second deepest open-pit mine in the world (after Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah, USA).