Pupunahue is a coal mine and hamlet in Los Ríos Region near the towns of Máfil and Los Lagos. The coal beds exploited in Pupunahue belong to the Pupunahue Beds. [1] Geologically the sedimentary rocks of the Pupunahue Beds containing coal lie in Pupunahue Basin, a sub-basin of the larger Pupunahue-Mulpún Neogene Carboniferous Basin. [1] [2] The coals of Pupunahue deposited during the Oligo- Miocene [A] in an environment with moderate marine influence and certainly less marine influence than for the nearby Catamutún coals. [2] In 2016 it was announced that the closed Pupunahue mine would become a national heritage site. [4]
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Pupunahue is a coal mine and hamlet in Los Ríos Region near the towns of Máfil and Los Lagos. The coal beds exploited in Pupunahue belong to the Pupunahue Beds. [1] Geologically the sedimentary rocks of the Pupunahue Beds containing coal lie in Pupunahue Basin, a sub-basin of the larger Pupunahue-Mulpún Neogene Carboniferous Basin. [1] [2] The coals of Pupunahue deposited during the Oligo- Miocene [A] in an environment with moderate marine influence and certainly less marine influence than for the nearby Catamutún coals. [2] In 2016 it was announced that the closed Pupunahue mine would become a national heritage site. [4]
39°48′S 72°54′W / 39.800°S 72.900°W