Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Dolomite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1981
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10231312
Alternate namesAkashat
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.66556, 39.91808
References
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