Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryLead, Silver, Gold
TertiaryManganese, Iron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAnglesite, Braunite, Calcite, Cerussite, Goethite, Hematite, Hemimorphite, Limonite, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10295752
MRDS IDD000023
Alternate namesVirginia Louise, Davidson See Comments
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.90106, -114.47394
References
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