Potosi
Past Producer
Aviadora Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Lead
Zinc
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Zinc, Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Sphalerite
Gangue
Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone · Obispo
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Last production
1965
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006403
MRDS ID
BL20428
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.44755, -65.52165
References
FONEM, 1982, INFORME PROYECTO 259/82GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI