Potosi
Producer
Cerro Negro Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Copper
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Description
Cooperativa Nuevos Horizontes
Commodities
Primary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Stratabound
Model
197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
LENTICULAR
Ore control
Preferred Beds
Materials
Ore minerals
Bornite, Malachite
Geology
Host rock
Sandstone · Quehua Inferior
Structure
Linares Anticline
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1970
Discovery year
1970
Identification
Deposit ID
10005880
MRDS ID
BL10057
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.62811, -67.13891
References
SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA LINARES-CERRO NEGRO: PROYECTO COMIBOL-LIPEZ-70 INFORME GE-28/29, 21P., MAPS 1:1,000; 1:500GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971CIMRI