Potosi
Past Producer
Carmencita Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Tin
Lead
Silver
Antimony
Bismuth
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Description
Spanish Colonists
Commodities
Primary
Tin, Lead, Silver
Tertiary
Antimony, Bismuth
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Materials
Ore minerals
Cassiterite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue
Alunite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Dacite
Structure
Nw-Se Anticline
Alteration
Silicification, Seritization, Argillitization, Propylitization-Chloritization
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10097732
MRDS ID
BL20411
Region
SA
Data score
B
Coordinates
-18.69762, -66.01612
References
DAVILA, A., 1988, MINTEC REPORT NO. I-C41.GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI