Potosi
Past Producer
Virgen De Copacabana Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Zinc
Lead
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Zinc, Lead, Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Materials
Ore minerals
Sphalerite
Gangue
Barite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone · Cieneguillas
Structure
On W Flank Of A N-S Anticline
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10006380
MRDS ID
BL20397
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.11895, -65.97972
References
FONEM, 1982, INFORME ETAPA A, MINA VIRGEN DE COPACANA, PROYECTO NORTE: FONEM INFORME #261/82GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI