Potosi
Past Producer
Puntillas Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Copper
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Description
Florencio Colque
Commodities
Primary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
Ore control
Preferred Beds, Veins
Materials
Ore minerals
Brochantite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Tenorite
Gangue
Agate, Chalcedony
Geology
Host rock
Conglomerate · San Vicente
Structure
Fractures
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1964
Discovery year
1964
Identification
Deposit ID
10005872
MRDS ID
BL10046
Region
SA
Data score
B
Coordinates
-21.05229, -67.43781
References
SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA PUNTILLAS: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-34, 22P., MAPS 1:1,000, 1:500EXAMINED BY J. FUENTES FOR COMIBOL IN 1967GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971)CIMRI