Potosi
Past Producer
Vulcano Mine
Potosi, Bolivia
Lead
Silver
Zinc
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Commodities
Primary
Lead, Silver, Zinc
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
S
Workings
Underground
Materials
Ore minerals
Sphalerite
Gangue
Limonite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rock
Shale,Sandstone · Obispo
Structure
On An Anticline
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Discovery year
1850
Identification
Deposit ID
10097748
MRDS ID
BL20514
Region
SA
Data score
C
Coordinates
-21.94754, -65.4661
References
MINTEC FONEM INFORME PROYECTO N 241/82GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIACIMRI