Potosi
Past Producer
Kentapi Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Tin
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Commodities
Primary
Tin
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Model
77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit size
S
Materials
Ore minerals
Cassiterite
Gangue
Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Rhyolite · Kari Kari Volcanics
Structure
On Northern Margin Of Kari Kari Caldera
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006330
MRDS ID
BL20327
Region
SA
Data score
D
Coordinates
-19.51427, -65.58277
References
INTERNATIONAL MINING CO. EXPL 200/68 MINTEC I-VM-11.TARQUINO, R., 1968, INTERNATIONAL MINING CO., INTERNAL REPORTGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI