Tres Puntas

Tres Puntas is silver deposit and mine in Chile's Atacama Region. It is located 80 km north of the regional capital Copiapó. Tres Puntas was discovered in 1848 sparking the largest silver rush in Chile since Chañarcillo was discovered in 1832.{{Cite web

| url = http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-727.html

| title = Los Ciclos Mineros del Cobre y la Plata (1820–1880)

|trans-title=Mining Cycles of Copper and Silver

| website = Memoria Chilena

| publisher = Biblioteca Nacional de Chile

| language = es

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| archive-date = 31 December 2013

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The deposit was discovered by Miguel Osorio but came to be owned by Apolinario Soto.