Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsHauynite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1914
Discovery year1895
Identification
Deposit ID10183057
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-17.33036, 31.57772
References
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