Potosi
Producer
Farellon Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Copper
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
197: Sediment-hosted Cu
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Ore control
Faults, Preferred Beds
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite
Gangue
Calcite, Hematite
Geology
Host rock
Sandstone · Potoco
Economic & production
Development status
Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10086924
MRDS ID
BL10089
Region
SA
Data score
B
Coordinates
-21.57312, -67.41615
References
SERVICIO GEOLOGICO DE BOLIVIA, 1971, MINA FARELLON: PROYECTO LIPEZ-COMIBOL-70 INFORME GE-36, 17P., MAPS 1:2,000; 1:500GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY GEOBOL (1971CIMRIGEOBOL (1971)