Yes, copper is found in some deserts, especially in the Sonoran Desert and the Atacama Desert.
The Arabian Desert is probably the richest oil producing desert area.
It is rich in mineral nutrients but lacking in organic matter - humus.
The desert receives little rainfall that would normally dissolve and wash away minerals.
Desertification
The Atacama Desert is rich in copper
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile has rich mineral deposits.
The Atacama is rich in mineral resources, especially nitrates and copper.
Atacama is rich in nitrates and copper
It is rich in nitrates that are used to produce fertilizers and explosives. However, nitrate mining has pretty much ceased. Now it is copper that is the main resource of the Atacama Desert.
Yes, copper is found in some deserts, especially in the Sonoran Desert and the Atacama Desert.
About the only industry active in the Atacama Desert is the mining industry as it is rich in some mineral resources, especially copper. Along the coast fishing is also a big industry.
Copper is produced in the Atacama Desert of Chile.
Copper rich ores contain Relatively large amount of copper. Copper obtained from rich ores is from better quality than low-grade ores. A low-grade ore doesn't contain very high proportion of valuable copper
Copper is the main resource mined in the Atacama Desert.
Copper rich ores contain Relatively large amount of copper. Copper obtained from rich ores is from better quality than low-grade ores. A low-grade ore doesn't contain very high proportion of valuable copper
Copper mining in northern Chile is the major industry of the Atacama Desert.