Potosi
Past Producer
Zulema Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Zinc
Lead
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Zinc
Secondary
Lead, Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Sphalerite
Gangue
Limonite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone
Structure
On E Limb Of A N-S Trending Anticline
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Last production
1969
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10006479
MRDS ID
BL20524
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.89448, -65.46637
References
FONEM INFORME PROYECTO N 242/82GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI(1-2) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)