Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper
SecondarySulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite
TertiarySilver, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsActinolite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite, Tremolite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1977
Discovery year1847
Identification
Deposit ID10129370
Alternate namesCherokee Open Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.00901, -84.39662
References
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