Mine detail: Cantung

Previously called 'Cantung Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 62.96665, -128.25208

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Other material: Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Scheelite
Discovery year: 1958

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1962

Geology

References

MAS1220300004
DEP10133705
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ReporterBleiwas, Donald