Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeLATERITE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureTROPICAL WEATHERING
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1875
Discovery year1864
Identification
Deposit ID60000625
MRDS IDISM0278
Alternate namesLucienne 2, Barbouillee, La Ghio Mines
RegionOC
Data scoreD
Coordinates-21.5302, 166.09852
References
NEW CALEDONIA SERVICE DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, [1980-84], RAPPORT ANNUEL--NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET DEPENDANCES -1979-83: SERVICE DES MINES ET ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, 5 V. (PA1, P-C2)PARIS J.P., 1981, GEOLOGIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE-UN ESSAI DE SYNTHESE: [FRANCE] BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQU-ES ET MINIERES, MEMOIRE DU B.R.G.M., NO. 113, 278 P. (PC1)