Potosi
Past Producer
Illimani Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Silver
Lead
Copper
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Silver, Lead
Tertiary
Copper, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Model
77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Freibergite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Calcite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Rhyodacite · Kari Kari Volcanics
Structure
On W Side Of Kari Kari Caldera
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Last production
1952
Identification
Deposit ID
10006332
MRDS ID
BL20330
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-19.63927, -65.67166
References
MINTEC INTERNAL REPORT 1-I3-I.GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI