Potosi
Producer

Llallagua-Catavi

Potosi, Bolivia
TinTungsten
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Commodities
TertiaryTin, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Cassiterite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1903
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10279760
Alternate namesLlallagua, Catavi
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-18.40263, -66.60947
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.YAP, R., HINN, R., 1971, FLOTATION PROCESS RECOVERS FINE CASE/MJ, V. 172, N. 6, P. 110-115.WEIL, T., AND OTHERS, 1974, AREA HANDBOOK FOR BOLIVIA: US GOPRINTING OFFICE, WASH., D.C., 417 PGS.AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BANDE BOL., LA PAZ, PGS. 63-67