Potosi
Past Producer
Jarafira Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Lead
Silver
Zinc
Copper
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Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
Primary
Lead, Silver
Secondary
Zinc, Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10006256
MRDS ID
BL20235
Region
SA
Data score
D
Coordinates
-20.39758, -65.74944
References
GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI