Commodities
PrimarySulfur, Zinc, Copper
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1967
Identification
Deposit ID10134143
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.34865, 140.39868
References
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