Potosi
Producer

Candelaria Mine

Potosi, Bolivia
AntimonyGoldLead
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Commodities
PrimaryAntimony, Gold
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlN-S Anticline, Inverse Faults; May Be Distal Mineralization Related To The Esmoraca Dacite Intrusive 20 Km To South.
Materials
Ore mineralsBoulangerite, Gold, Jamesonite, Stibnite
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockSlate,Quartzite
Associated rockDacite · Esmoraca Stock
StructureOn N-S Anticline.
AlterationSericitization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10006306
MRDS IDBL20299
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-21.54894, -66.10778
References
VARGAS, A.W., AND BALLIVIAN S., M., 1971, CANDELARIA MINE: GEOBOL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT GE-G2/451.BROWN & ROOT, INC., 1983, COMPANY REPORT.GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA.CIMRIGUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)