Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsAmalgam, Cinnabar, Gold, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10003169
MRDS IDA015703
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.5466, -160.75403
References
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