Potosi
Past Producer
Choco Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Tin
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Tin
Tertiary
Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Ore control
Estructural
Materials
Ore minerals
Cassiterite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006460
MRDS ID
BL20501
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-18.43096, -66.46613
References
ELIAS, C., 1961, INFORME BANCO MINERO: (BAMIN)-I-CH2 ARCHIVO MINTECGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRIGUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)