Commodities
PrimaryCopper
TertiarySilver, Lead, Gold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Identification
Deposit ID10173654
Alternate namesMcarthur Copper Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.04711, -119.23988
References
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