Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeLATERITE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureTROPICAL WEATHERING
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1875
Last production1983
Identification
Deposit ID60000619
MRDS IDISM0272
RegionOC
Data scoreD
Coordinates-21.51361, 166.19852
References
NEW CALEDONIA SERVICE DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, [1980-84], RAPPORT ANNUEL--NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET DEPENDANCES -1979-83: SERVICE DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, 5 V. (PC1-PC2)PARIS, J.P., 1981, GEOLOGIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE-UN ESSAI DE SYNTHESE: [FRANCE] BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQ-UES ET MINIERES, MEMOIRE DU B.R.G.M., NO. 113, 278 P. (PA8, PC-1)MINING MAGAZINE, 1974, NICKEL PRODUCTION IN NEW CALEDONIA: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 130, NO. 5 (MAY), P. 336-349. (RR-1)