Potosi
Producer
Caracota Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Antimony
Tin
Gold
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Antimony
Secondary
Tin
Tertiary
Gold, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
U
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Ore control
Fractures With Varying Strike
Materials
Ore minerals
Gold, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue
Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Sandstone
Structure
Sedimentary Rocks Folded Into Broad Anticline; Mineralization On E. Limb
Tectonic setting
N-S Trending Eastern Cordillera
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10080445
MRDS ID
W031638
Region
SA
Data score
B
Coordinates
-20.08926, -65.91056
References
AHLFELD, F. AND SHNEIDER-SCHERBINA, A., 1964, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES Y DE LOS HIDROCARBUROS DE BOLIVIA: DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGIA, BOL.