Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChromite, Olivine, Rutile, Tremolite, Uvarovite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1935
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10134053
Alternate namesKefdag DepositKefdag
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.48192, 39.72117
References
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