Potosi
Past Producer
Rosario Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Lead
Silver
Zinc
Copper
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Description
Luis Sobieta Cainez (Original Owner)
Commodities
Primary
Lead, Silver
Secondary
Zinc
Tertiary
Copper
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Ore control
Fractures Parallel And Transverse To Fold Axes
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone
Structure
Anticlines And Synclines
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Last production
1956
Discovery year
1941
Identification
Deposit ID
10097713
MRDS ID
BL20241
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-20.53091, -65.56611
References
DELGADO A, J., 1981, MINTEC INTERNAL REPORTGUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI(1) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)