Ontario
Plant

Little Stobie

Ontario, Canada
CopperNickelCobaltGoldSilverPGEPalladiumPlatinum
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel
SecondaryCobalt, Gold, Silver
TertiaryPGE, Palladium, Platinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsChalcopyrite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1966
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10278754
Alternate namesLittle Stobie Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates46.54719, -81.00618
References
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