Commodities
PrimaryZinc
TertiaryDolomite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1978
Identification
Deposit ID10250969
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates36.32679, -85.63495
References
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