Puerto Rico
Prospect

Guanajibo

Puerto Rico, United States
NickelCobalt
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel
TertiaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsChlorite, Chromite, Gibbsite, Goethite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Quartz, Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10255248
MRDS IDW701052
RegionCR
Data scoreB
Coordinates18.25066, -66.99947
References
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