Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper
TertiaryIron, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Materials
Other materialsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1968
Identification
Deposit ID10199260
MRDS IDTC39333
Alternate namesContinental Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.85011, -108.08391
References
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