La Vega
Producer

Falconbridge Dominicana Mines

La Vega, Dominican Republic
IronNickelCobalt
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Commodities
PrimaryIron, Nickel
SecondaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeLATERITE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Model110: Lateritic Ni
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureTROPICAL WEATHERING OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1971
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID60000598
MRDS IDISM0228
Alternate namesBonao Nickel Mines, Bonao Ferronickel Complex, Falcondo BonaoFalconBonao, Lomas Pequera, Taina, Larga, Guardarrya, Fraser, Loma Caribe
RegionCR
Data scoreB
Coordinates18.93874, -70.40706
References
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1981, FALCONBRIDGE DOMINICANA--FERRONICKEL FROM THE CARIBBEAN: ENGINEERING AND MI-NING JOURNAL, V. 182, NO. 4, P. 112-117. (RR1)MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1976, FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LTD: LONDON, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, THE FI-NANCIAL TIMES LTD., NO. 89, P. 240-243. (RR2)MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL LTD., P. 364-36-5. (PA2, PA3, PA8, PC1, PC2)BALDESSARI, B.M., 1982, NICKEL RESOURCE ANALYSIS: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 146, NO. 1, P. 61-66. (RR3)HALDEMANN, E.G., BUCHAN, R., BLOWES, J.H., AND CHANDLER, T., 1982, GEOLOGY OF LATERITIC NICKEL DEPOSITS, DOMINICAN- REPUBLIC: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FALL FIELD TRIP, OC-TOBER, 1982, P. 16-39. (RR4)ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 2D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, [587] - P. (PA1, PA2, PA3, PC1, PC2)MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1983, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL LTD., P. 328. -(C17)ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 3D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES [498] P-. (PA2, PA3, PC1, PC2)SKINNER, WALTER R., 1973, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, 1973, P. 248.METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 4/9/73, ITEM #A2043.THE MINING JOURNAL, 6/30.72.MINING MAGAZINE, DEC. 1975, P. 439.DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1965: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.PETERS, P., 1985: NICKEL.B.G.R., INTERNER BERICHT, ANDRITZKY, G., 1977: BERICHT UEBER EINE DIENSTREISE IN DIE DOMINIKANISCHE REPUBLIK.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46.KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND GORDON, MACKENZIE, JR., 1950, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 946-D, P. 307-356.ALCOA COMPANY, 1980, FIELD TRIP C, LATERITIC NICKEL DEPOSITS AT BONAO, ROAD LOG: FIELD GUIDE, 9TH CARIBBEAN GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, P. 69-80.