Potosi
Producer
Cerro Colorado Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
LENTICULAR
Ore control
Faults, Preferred Beds
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Gangue
Calcite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Sandstone · San Vicente
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10005903
MRDS ID
BL10087
Alternate names
Negra
Region
SA
Data score
B
Coordinates
-21.61839, -67.41642
References
SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA CERRO COLORADO: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-38, 10P., MAPS 1:1,000; 1:500GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971CIMRI