Potosi
Producer

Potosi

Potosi, Bolivia
ZincTungstenSilverLeadAntimonyTin
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Commodities
TertiaryZinc, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Antimony, Tin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1546
Discovery year1545
Identification
Deposit ID10166411
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-19.6476, -65.79944
References
TURNEAURE, F. S., 1960, A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEPOF CENTRAL BOLIVIA, PARTS 1 AND 2: ECON. GEOL., V. 55, PP. 2574-606.AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BANMINERO DE BOLIVIA, LA PAZ, PG. 89-94, PRINTED IN BILBAO, SIMPRENTA INDUSTRIAL S. A., IN SPANISH.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR., 1975, WORLD ROUNDUP: MCGRAW HIYORK, JANUARY 75, P. 80.ENGINEERING AND MINING JR., 1975, INTERN. DIRECTORY OF MININMCGRAW HILL, N. Y., P. 212-213.