Commodities
PrimaryNiobium (Columbium)
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBarite, Ilmenite, Limonite, Magnetite, Monazite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1961
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10254931
Alternate namesAraxa, Barreio
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.58082, -46.83231
References
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