Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryAluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Commodity typeB
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1966
Discovery year1960
Identification
Deposit ID10134148
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-13.99719, 136.83227
References
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