Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1965
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10207844
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.03025, 31.75133
References
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