Alaska
Prospect

Brady Glacier nickel-copper deposit

Alaska, United States
NickelCopperTitaniumRhodiumPlatinumLeadPalladiumTelluriumIronChromium
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
SecondaryTitanium, Rhodium, Platinum, Lead, Palladium, Tellurium, Iron, Chromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model1: Stillwater Ni-Cu
Materials
Ore mineralsAltaite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Cubanite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Mackinawite, Violarite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10308914
MRDS IDA013136
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates58.55301, -136.9296
References
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