Potosi
Past Producer
Salamanca Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Antimony
Gold
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Commodities
Primary
Antimony, Gold
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Model
180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Gold, Stibnite
Gangue
Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Quartzite,Shale
Structure
On West Flank Of Yaretani Anticline
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Production years
1937-1954
Identification
Deposit ID
10006307
MRDS ID
BL20300
Alternate names
Yaretani, Socorro
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.16423, -66.43278
References
VEDIA, J., AND CAMACHO, E., 1976, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTATIACION MINA SALAMANCA: BANCO MINERO INFORME 12/76GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRIVEDIA AND CAMACHO (1976)