Commodities
TertiaryNickel, Copper, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBiotite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Hornblende, Melanterite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Plagioclase, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphene, Vivianite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1862
Discovery year1718
Identification
Deposit ID10153581
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.95722, -76.08604
References
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