Potosi
Past Producer
Quillacas Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Antimony
Lead
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Antimony
Secondary
Lead, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Materials
Ore minerals
Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue
Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone · Obispo;
Structure
Along Fractured Axes Of Asymmetrical Anticlines And Synclines
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006381
MRDS ID
BL20398
Region
SA
Data score
D
Coordinates
-21.32812, -65.83166
References
FONEM, 1982, INFORME PROYECTO 310/82.GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI