Tin, fluorospar, graphite? I think southern Missouri still has tin and graphite. If memory serves, they couldn’t afford the cleanup.
Tungsten mines a few miles south-east of Gardnerville Nevada were still productive after W.W. II but closed when price supports were not renewed.
When I visited the site I found bags of ore still sitting on pallets.
The area was a patented mine site, and is now being developed as housing.
We have resources but conniving vermin like Dingy Reid continue working to place them off limits to development.
Rescind the Black Rock Wilderness and NCA!