Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Collophane, Iron Oxides-Hydrated, Kaolinite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1965
Identification
Deposit ID10206858
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.74912, 38.04715
References
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