Potosi
Plant

Chorolque

Potosi, Bolivia
TungstenTinSilverBismuth
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Commodities
TertiaryTungsten, Tin, Silver, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsCassiterite, Gold, Pyrite, Quartz, Wolframite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1870
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10182154
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-20.90647, -66.07945
References
AHLFIELD,F.A.DR.,LOS YAC. MINERALES Y HIPROCARB. DE BOLIVIA,BULL.#5,1964,PP211-212.LIST OF SN MINES IN BOLIVIA;ENG.&MINING JOURNAL INTERNAT. DI1973-1974.PROCEEDINGS OF INST.OF MINING ANDMETALLURGY,CHOROLQUE TIN MIALLUVIAL DEPOSITS,ROBERTS,M.,1901PP373-376;1903,PP404-405.AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BANMINERO DE BOLIVIA, LA PAZ, PG. 71-73, PRINTED IN BILBAO, SIMPRENTA INDUSTRIAL S. A., IN SPANISH.