Potosi
Occurrence
Cuidado Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Silver
Gold
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Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
Secondary
Silver
Tertiary
Gold
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Ore control
Nw Breccia Zones
Materials
Gangue
Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Rhyolite
Associated rock
Rhyolite
Alteration
Argillic, Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10005855
MRDS ID
BL10018
Alternate names
Cerro Eskapa
Region
SA
Data score
B
Coordinates
-21.25589, -67.70782
References
OFFICER, H.G., 1917, COMBINED REPORT ON THE ESCAPA COPPER MINE AND THE CUIDADO SILVER MINE: UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO ANDES EXPLORATION CO., 6PPROSPECT EXAMINATION BY ANDES EXPLORATION CO. (ANACONDA) 1917VISITED BY USGS/GEOBOL GEOLOGISTS IN 1990CIMRI