Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1970
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10182503
Alternate namesPohjois-Karjala
RegionEU
Data scoreD
Coordinates63.98662, 24.94583
References
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