Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChromite, Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1965
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10231108
Alternate namesPedrinhas Campo Formoso
RegionSA
Data scoreC
Coordinates-10.58114, -40.29893
References
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