Potosi
Past Producer
Remedios and Concepcion Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Lead
Zinc
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Zinc
Tertiary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Galena
Gangue
Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone · Cieneguillas
Structure
Ne-Sw Syncline And Inverse Faults
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Last production
1981
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006400
MRDS ID
BL20422
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.55311, -65.91805
References
FONEM, 1982, INFORME PROYECTO NO. 290/82GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRIFONEM (1982)