Potosi
Producer
Vilacota Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Tin
Zinc
Silver
Lead
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Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
Primary
Tin
Tertiary
Zinc, Silver, Lead
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Cassiterite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Marcasite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone
Structure
Along Axis Of Vilacota Anticline
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10006478
MRDS ID
BL20523
Alternate names
Wila Kkota
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-18.47541, -66.65225
References
INTERNATIONAL MINING CO. 1967, EXPLORATION REPORT NO. 313/67: MINTEC ARCHIVE I-VM-11GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI