Mine detail: Unificada of Potosi

Previously called 'Potosi'

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Location

Lat / long: -19.5976, -65.73274

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin
Secondary: Silver, Zinc
Other material: Cassiterite
Discovery year: 1545

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant

Geology

References

MAS3350250036
DEP10279604
Reference{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.G., GEOLOGY OF TIN DEPOSITS, ELSEVIER SCIENTIFIC}{Deposit:: PUBLISHING COMPANY, AMSTERDAM, 1979.}{Deposit:: SILLITOE, R.H., HALLS, C., AND GRANT, J.N., PORPHYRY TIN}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS IN BOLIVIA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 70, 1975,}{Deposit:: PP 913-927.}{Deposit:: COMPANY AND PRIVATE BOLIVIAN SOURCES.}{Deposit:: E&MJ, MARCH 1988, P52.}
ReporterSabin, A. E.