Manitoba
Producer

Birchtree

Manitoba, Canada
PlatinumCobaltPalladiumPGENickelGoldCopperSilverSulfur
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Commodities
PrimaryPlatinum, Cobalt, Palladium, PGE, Nickel, Gold, Copper, Silver, Sulfur
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Marcasite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1968
Discovery year1964
Identification
Deposit ID10278641
Alternate namesBirchtree Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates55.70397, -97.93078
References
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