Mine detail: Potosi

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -19.6476, -65.79944

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Tin, Tungsten, Zinc, Antimony, Lead, Silver
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year: 1545

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1546

Geology

References

MAS3350350003
DEP10166411
Reference{Deposit:: TURNEAURE, F. S., 1960, A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR ORE DEP}{Deposit:: OF CENTRAL BOLIVIA, PARTS 1 AND 2: ECON. GEOL., V. 55, PP. 2}{Deposit:: 574-606.}{Deposit:: AHLFELD, F., 1954, LOS YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DE BOLIVIA: BAN}{Deposit:: MINERO DE BOLIVIA, LA PAZ, PG. 89-94, PRINTED IN BILBAO, S}{Deposit:: IMPRENTA INDUSTRIAL S. A., IN SPANISH.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR., 1975, WORLD ROUNDUP: MCGRAW HI}{Deposit:: YORK, JANUARY 75, P. 80.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JR., 1975, INTERN. DIRECTORY OF MININ}{Deposit:: MCGRAW HILL, N. Y., P. 212-213.}
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