Commodities
PrimaryManganese
TertiaryPotassium
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsCryptomalene
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1940
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10230841
Alternate namesUrucum/Corumba
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.24758, -57.58255
References
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