Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryLead, Copper, Molybdenum
TertiaryGold, Bismuth, Sulfur
Commodity typeB
Materials
Ore mineralsCovellite, Galena, Rhodochrosite, Scheelite, Huebnerite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
GangueApatite, Fluorite, Quartz, Sericite
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockPhyllite
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10151777
MRDS IDSP00010
Alternate namesHamme Mine, Haile Mines
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates36.5152, -78.469
References
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