Commodities
PrimaryZinc
TertiaryManganese, Iron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAndradite, Biotite, Calcite, Diopside, Dolomite, Fowlerite, Franklinite, Friedelite, Hardystonite, Lead, Rhodonite, Schefferite, Sphalerite, Tephroite, Willemite, Zincite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1915
Discovery year1840
Identification
Deposit ID10198715
MRDS IDW020333
Alternate namesSterling Hill Underground
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates41.0839, -74.60599
References
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