Potosi
Past Producer
San Jose De Toropalca Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Copper
Silver
Lead
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue
Barite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone
Structure
On W Limb Of Anticline
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10097745
MRDS ID
BL20499
Alternate names
San Juan Mining Enterprise
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-20.34758, -65.74944
References
VARGAS, W, AND, BALLIVIAN, M., 1979, MINING-TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT NO. 694: GEOBOL INFORME (GE-G1/448).ALSO REPORT GB-M 468 (1965).GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992) COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI