Commodities
PrimaryCobalt, Nickel
TertiarySilver, Gold, Molybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model17: Limassol Forest Co-Ni
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Erythrite, Heterogenite, Niccolite, Pyrite, Safflorite, Skutterudite, Smaltite
Geology
Host rockPeridotite
Tectonic settingObducted Ophiolite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1932
Discovery year1931
Identification
Deposit ID10110431
MRDS IDW006874
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.53295, -6.91502
References
ANDREWS, R.W., 1962, COBALT: OVERSEAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION, LONDON, HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, P. 143-.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1973, 1972 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS: NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL INC., P. 197U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF MINES, 1952, MATERIALS SURVEY: COBALT: WASHINGTON, U.S. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR, BUR. OF MINES, P. VI-13.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 3/75, P. 131MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987.CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.ANDREWS, 1962; EM/J, 1972, 1973,1975; CROCKETT, 1987