Potosi
Past Producer
Potrero Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Lead
Silver
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Silver, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Gangue
Barite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone · Obispo
Structure
Faulted Anticlines And Synclines
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006382
MRDS ID
BL20399
Region
SA
Data score
D
Coordinates
-21.60866, -65.51082
References
FONEM, 1982, INTERNAL REPORTGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI