The Worlds Largest Silver Deposit: Potosi

In this video we have a look at the geology of the Potosi Silver deposit in Bolivia and have a close up look at a couple samples, then at the end talk briefly about how important it was for world history. An argument could be made for this being the most important mineral deposit in Earth history as it was the fuel for the global trade for the Spanish empire. I only touch briefly on the geology in order to keep the video short, please let me know if you'd like a longer version in the comments. The reference for the cross section I use is below, the areal view is from google Earth.
Bartos, Paul J. "The pallacos of Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia: A new deposit type." Economic Geology 95, no. 3 (2000): 645-654.

[@benfranklin9156]

Enjoyed your geologic enlightenment. I collect World coins, Peru, Bolivia etc. invest in silver miners too. Petosi is the source of many old silver coins 1650 to 1850 or so. PTS monogram is the city’s mint mark. It was the Wild West of the old World and its pile of silver fueled our world today.

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I'm glad you enjoyed it, yes it is wild how much silver came out of there, must have been an interesting place to visit back then.

[@trifulquita15]

Its called Silver Sand. It belong to Pacific Metals from Canada. Sorry Bolivians. Swiss Glencore was looking for this mine without success

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Thanks for the updated project name