Producer

Gloria

South Africa
ManganeseAluminumIronPhosphorus-PhosphatesSilica
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Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryAluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsBixbyite, Braunite, Cryptomalene, Hausmanite, Hematite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1980
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10207962
MRDS IDISM0171
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-27.32991, 23.00153
References
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