Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiarySilver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsGold, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1986
Discovery year1780
Identification
Deposit ID10260440
MRDS IDW700453
Alternate namesCalcite, Big Chief Group, Mesquite Project, Mesquite Lode MineMesquite, Land Group
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates33.05567, -114.9841
References
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