Commodities
PrimaryTitanium, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeLATERITE
Deposit sizeN
Geology
StructureEXPLOSIVE INTRUSION IN PROTEROZOIC SUCCESSION
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1983
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID60000873
MRDS IDISM0770
RegionSA
Data scoreD
Coordinates-19.86421, -46.83231
References
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