Northern Territory*
Producer

Tennant Creek

Northern Territory*, Australia
CopperGoldBismuth
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
TertiaryBismuth
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1953
Discovery year1913
Identification
Deposit ID10232050
Alternate namesTennant Creek Warrego and GeckoGeckoWarrego
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-19.59679, 134.59898
References
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