Arizona · Pima County
Past Producer

Pima

Pima County, Arizona, United States
CopperMolybdenumSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryMolybdenum, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1957
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10113722
MRDS IDM050388
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.98872, -111.07259
References
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