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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1960
Records and references
RESOLUTE STUDIES OPTIONS FOR BULONG, METAL BUL., 12/14/95. PLANNED PROJECTS BOOST NI PRODUCTION, METAL BUL., 11/23/95. PAGE 7."PLANNED PROJECTS BOOST NI PRODUCTION", METAL BULLETIN,11/23/95, PAGE 7. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1991, V. 192 #2, P.44. RESOLUTE SAMANTHA LTD., THE BULONG PROJECT, APRIL 1995, 13P."RESOLUTE STUDIES OPTIONS FOR BULONG", METAL BULLETIN,MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, SEPT. 27, 1996, V. 327, #8397,P1, "BULONG GO-AHEAD".
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10208042 — view the source record
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Coordinates: -30.74610, 120.83252
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