Potosi
Past Producer
Sorpresa Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Tungsten
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Tungsten
Tertiary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Wolframite
Gangue
Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Slate,Quartzite
Structure
On Flank Of An Anticline
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006327
MRDS ID
BL20324
Region
SA
Data score
D
Coordinates
-19.84759, -65.66611
References
CAMACHO, E., 1976, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION: GEOBOLGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI