Potosi
Past Producer
La Antigua Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Silver
Lead
Zinc
Copper
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Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
Primary
Silver, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone · Agua Y Toro
Structure
N-S Synclines And Anticlines
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10006397
MRDS ID
BL20419
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.35562, -65.70027
References
FONEM, 1982, INFORMEGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI