Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Lead, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Galena, Gold, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10002790
MRDS IDA015256
Alternate namesMidnight Sun
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.89077, -148.06296
References
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