Potosi
Past Producer
Providencia Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Lead
Zinc
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Zinc, Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Model
85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue
Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Slate,Quartzite
Associated rock
Nepheline Syenite
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10006268
MRDS ID
BL20248
Region
SA
Data score
D
Coordinates
-17.03101, -66.78281
References
BRIANSON, JAIME, 1951, BANCO MINERO INTERNAL REPORTGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI