Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAlabandite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Covellite, Epidote, Magnetite, Oligoclase, Pyrite, Rutile
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10133669
Alternate namesRio Vivi
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates18.18846, -66.68007
References
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