Potosi
Producer
Chorolque Viejo Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Tin
Silver
Lead
Zinc
Antimony
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Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
Primary
Tin, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary
Antimony
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Model
77: Sn-polymetallic vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Boulangerite, Cassiterite, Jamesonite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone
Associated rock
Dacite
Structure
Nw Trending Anticline
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10006336
MRDS ID
BL20335
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-20.97674, -66.00916
References
FONDO DE EXPLORACION MINERA, 1980, INFORME INTERNOGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI