Prospect

Freida River

Papua New Guinea
CopperGoldMolybdenumSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Molybdenum, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsAzurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1967
Identification
Deposit ID10159186
Alternate namesWest Ivaal, Frieda River, Koki, Horse CreekIvaal, Ok NenaNena
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-4.68129, 141.74891
References
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