Potosi
Past Producer

San Antonio Mine

Potosi, Bolivia
TinLead
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Commodities
PrimaryTin
TertiaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Galena
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSlate,Quartzite
Associated rockPlutonic Rock · Kari Kari
StructureN-S Anticline; Kari Kari Caldera, Veins Displaced By Post-Ore Faulting
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10006329
MRDS IDBL20326
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-19.8237, -65.71166
References
RIVERA, M., AND OTHERS, 1975, PROGRAMA INVENTARIACION DE LA MINERIA CHICA: GEOBOL INFORMEGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRIRIVERA AND OTHERS (1975)