Potosi
Past Producer
San Lorenzo Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Silver
Lead
Copper
Zinc
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Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
Primary
Silver, Lead
Tertiary
Copper, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue
Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Slate,Shale
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10097723
MRDS ID
BL20321
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-19.73093, -65.74944
References
BARRIENTOS, M., 1982, INFORME ETAPA "A" SAN LORENZO PROYECTO 372/82, CENTRO DE DOCUMENTACION FONDO NACIONAL DE EXPLORACION MINERA.GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI