Potosi
Producer
San Luis Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Tin
Zinc
Lead
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Tin
Tertiary
Zinc, Lead, Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
TABULAR
Ore control
Breach
Materials
Ore minerals
Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue
Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Slate,Quartzite,Sandstone
Associated rock
Rhyodacite · Mondragon
Structure
Folding And Fracturing; Nw-Se And Ne-Sw.
Alteration
Pyritization, Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
First production
1965
Last production
1991
Identification
Deposit ID
10006198
MRDS ID
BL20156
Alternate names
Vila Khollo
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-19.56843, -65.97445
References
MORALES, E., JEMIO, J., AND AVENDANO, A., 1984, SAN LUIS MINE SEMIMECHANIZATION PROJECT REPORT: GEOBOCIMRIMORALES AND OTHERS (1984)