Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryCopper, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Materials
Other materialsArsenopyrite, Beryl, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Gold, Microcline, Molybdenite, Quartz, Scheelite, Silver, Wolframite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1915
Identification
Deposit ID10234839
MRDS IDD000847
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.93673, -113.91799
References
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