Chukotka
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Records and references
KUZNETSOV, V. A. DEPOSITS OF MERCURY. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITSOF THE USSR, ED. BY V. I. SMIRNOV. PITMAN PUBLISHING,LONDON, V. II, 1977, P. 298-343. SHILO, N. A. GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF METALLIC MINERAL DE-POSITS OF NORTHEAST USSR. IN CIRCUM-PACIFIC ENERGY ANDMINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY MICHEL T. HALBOUTY, JOHN C. MAHER, AND HAROLD M. LIAN. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETRO-LEUM GEOLOGISTS, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, MEMOIR 25, 1976, P. 466-471. MINING MAGAZINE. USSR MERCURY PLANT. MARCH 1973, P. 201. MINERALS YEARBOOK. MERCURY. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, V. 1,1973, P. 892.
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10182250 — view the source record
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Coordinates: 66.19887, 174.57978
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