Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Digenite, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Limonite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1967
Discovery year1556
Identification
Deposit ID10254962
RegionEU
Data scoreA
Coordinates37.68263, -6.65651
References
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