Bolivar
Producer

Los Pijiguaos

Bolivar, Venezuela
Aluminum
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Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsBoehmite, Gibbsite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1987
Discovery year1976
Identification
Deposit ID10263830
RegionSA
Data scoreB
Coordinates6.49295, -66.72809
References
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