Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondarySilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Sulfur
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1979
Discovery year1976
Identification
Deposit ID10304755
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.26517, 140.56531
References
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