Potosi
Past Producer
La Espanola 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
Ore minerals
Sphalerite
Gangue
Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone · Agua Y Toro
Structure
N-S Anticlines And Synclines Cut By Inverse Fault
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Last production
1982
Discovery year
1910
Identification
Deposit ID
10006417
MRDS ID
BL20446
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.91337, -65.76276
References
FONEM, 1982, INFORME PROYECTO 266/82GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRIFONEM (1982)