The Los Bronces mine is a large copper mine located in central Chile, on the border of the Santiago Metropolitan Region and the Valparaíso Region.

[1] Mineralization at Los Bronces is thought to be due to its position at the intersection of two large fault systems.

This favoured the rise of magma and the subsequent circulation of mineral-rich fluids.

[2] In Los Bronces, formerly known as Disputada de Las Condes, a mining folklore tells of man known as "El Futre" (lit.

[3] El Futre is said to be a formally dressed man who appear in drifts murdering or scaring workers in order to steal their salary.