Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChlorite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Quartz, Siderite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10239154
Alternate namesWadi Shatti
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates27.43283, 14.21829
References
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