Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chlorite, Copper, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1902
Discovery year1898
Identification
Deposit ID10243378
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.0519, -88.65566
References
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