Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChert, Hematite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1872
Discovery year1846
Identification
Deposit ID10122387
MRDS IDW062123
Alternate namesWest Republic Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.3939, -87.97223
References
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