Potosi
Producer
Excelsior Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Tin
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Tin
Tertiary
Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
TABULAR
Ore control
Mineralization Along Contact Between Shale And Sandstone
Materials
Ore minerals
Cassiterite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Kaolinite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone · Cancaniri;Llallagua
Structure
Faulted Anticline
Alteration
Kaolinitization
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Last production
1991
Identification
Deposit ID
10006421
MRDS ID
BL20452
Region
SA
Data score
D
Coordinates
-18.11431, -66.76447
References
RIVERA, M., AVILA, M., AND INOFUENTES, R., 1977, EXCELSIOR MINE PREFEASIBILITY STUDY: GEOBOL INFORMECIMRIRIVERA AND OTHERS (1977)