Commodities
PrimaryNickel
SecondaryCobalt, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsGarnierite, Limonite, Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1978
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10303914
Alternate namesExmibal, No Alternative Names.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates16.50077, -89.33336
References
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