Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel
SecondaryCobalt
TertiaryGold, PGE, Palladium, Platinum, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Gersdorffite, Pentlandite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1980
Discovery year1901
Identification
Deposit ID10132975
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates46.58189, -80.80037
References
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