Potosi
Past Producer

San Lorenzo Mine

Potosi, Bolivia
Tin
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Commodities
PrimaryTin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratabound
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlSandstone Beds
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite
GanguePyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone
StructureHost Rocks Cut By N75-80e Trending Faults
AlterationPyritization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10006333
MRDS IDBL20331
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-19.33094, -65.53277
References
IPORRE, F., AND LAURA, F., 1977, INFORME PRELIMINAR DE INVENTARIACION: GEOBOL INFORMEGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRIGUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)