Manitoba
Past Producer

Soab Mine

Manitoba, Canada
NickelCopperCobaltSilverPlatinumPalladiumGoldPGE
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel
SecondaryCopper, Cobalt
TertiarySilver, Platinum, Palladium, Gold, PGE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1967
Discovery year1951
Identification
Deposit ID10230222
Alternate namesSoab North MineSoab
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates55.23538, -90.40794
References
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