Potosi
Past Producer
Montecristo Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Lead
Copper
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Lead
Tertiary
Copper, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Model
77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Ore control
On E Flank Of An Anticline
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue
Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Quartzite,Shale
Alteration
Silicificacton
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1970
Identification
Deposit ID
10006334
MRDS ID
BL20333
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-19.4976, -65.19943
References
FONEM INTERNAL REPORT PROYECTO 263/82.GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI