Potosi
Past Producer
San Jorge Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Zinc
Lead
Silver
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Zinc, Lead, Silver
Tertiary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone · Obispo
Structure
On E Limb Of Anticline
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006405
MRDS ID
BL20430
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.46422, -65.54943
References
FONEM, 1982, INFORME PROYECTO 298/82GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI