Commodities
PrimaryIron, Titanium, Gold
SecondaryZirconium, PGE
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Rutile, Zircon
GangueGarnet
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10002471
MRDS IDA013402
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates59.37969, -139.43223
References
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