Ontario
Producer

Garson Mine

Ontario, Canada
NickelCobaltCopperGoldPGESilver
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel
SecondaryCobalt, Copper
TertiaryGold, PGE, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1908
Discovery year1891
Identification
Deposit ID10158181
Alternate namesNo Alternative Names
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.56669, -81.86231
References
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