San Cristóbal mine
The San Cristobal mine in Lipez, Potosí Department, Bolivia is an open-pit silver, lead and zinc mine near the town of San Cristóbal, Potosí. The mine, operated by Sumitomo Corporation, produces approximately 1,300 metric tons of zinc-silver concentrate and 300 tons of lead-silver concentrate per day, as of August 2010, by processing 40,000 to 50,000 tons of rock.- Type: Industry
- Description: mine in Lipez, Potosí, Bolivia
- Also known as: “MSC” and “San Cristobal mine”
San Cristóbal mine
- Category: mine
- Location: Potosí, Altiplano, Bolivia, South America
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Latitude
-21.11559° or 21° 6′ 56″ southLongitude
-67.20748° or 67° 12′ 27″ westInception
2000Open location code
57CJVQMV+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 169872605OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q5555501
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“San Cristóbal mine” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منجم سان كريستوبال”
- Chinese: “圣克里斯托瓦尔矿”
- Egyptian Arabic: “منجم سان كريستوبال”
- French: “mine de San Cristóbal”
- French: “Mine de San Cristóbal”
- Spanish: “Minera San Cristobal”
- Spanish: “Minera San Cristóbal”
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