Azuay
Occurrence

San Bartolome

Azuay, Ecuador
SilverZincLeadGoldCadmium
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Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryZinc, Lead
TertiaryGold, Cadmium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeU
Materials
Ore mineralsBoulangerite, Freibergite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Tarqui Formation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10063846
MRDS IDTC37863
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-2.99825, -78.83312
References
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