Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Chalcopyrite, Dolomite, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Serpentine, Tremolite, Wollastonite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1971
Identification
Deposit ID10262700
MRDS IDM024282
Alternate namesBeck Mine, Kingston Iron Deposit, Iron Gossam, Kingston Range
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.78469, -115.93585
References
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