Commodities
PrimaryLithium
TertiaryTin
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAlbite, Amblygonite, Apatite, Cassiterite, Microcline, Muscovite, Quartz, Spodumene, Tourmaline
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1951
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10299296
Alternate namesCentury Claim MS 1959, Minerals Survey No. 1959
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.92306, -103.57666
References
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