Commodities
PrimaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsGarnierite, Limonite, Quartz, Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1972
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID10182845
Alternate namesFalcondo Bonao, Bonao Nickel Mines, Bonao Ferronickel Complex, Falconbridge Dominicana
RegionCR
Data scoreC
Coordinates18.95064, -70.44956
References
*NICKEL NEWS, JAN. 16, 1993 ISSUE NO. 3/52, P. 1.MINERALS YEARBOOK 1972. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. VOL. III.MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CARRIB. ISLANDS. P. 922.MINING MAGAZINE. "NICKEL MINING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC"DEC. 1975. VOL. 132. NO. 12. PP. 339-344.E/MJ. "HUGE FE-NI COMPLEX DEDICATED IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC".AUG. 1972. VOL. 173. NO. 8. PP. 64-65.9TH CARIBBEAN GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, 1980, SANTO DOMINGO,DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.INTERNATIONAL LATERITE SYMPOSIUM, 1979, EDITORS: EVANS,D.J.I. SHOEMAKER, R.S., AND VELTMAN, H., SOCIETY OFMINING ENGINEERS OF AIME, NEW YORK, N.Y., CHAPTERS 6-11NICKDATA, INC. A COMPREHENSIVE NICKEL INDUSTRY COSTDATABASE AND COSTING PROGRAM. 1991. ILMAR J. MARTENS,THOMAS F. TORRIES. UNIT 31.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, APRIL, 1981, FALCONBRIDGEDOMINICANA FERRONICKEL FROM THE CARIBBEAN, P. 112-117.