Texas · Burnet County
Past Producer

Southwestern Graphite Mine

Burnet County, Texas, United States
Graphite
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Commodities
PrimaryGraphite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1913
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10178636
MRDS IDISM0069
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.78551, -98.35613
References
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