Commodities
PrimaryPlatinum
SecondaryRhenium
TertiaryGold, Copper, Cobalt, Chromium, Silver, Ruthenium, Palladium, Osmium, Nickel, Iridium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID10207995
MRDS IDISM0321
Alternate namesNo Alternate Names.
RegionAF
Data scoreC
Coordinates-25.11333, 30.12641
References
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