Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
Producer

Poro Mining District

Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, France
NickelCobalt
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Cobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeLATERITE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureTROPICAL WEATHERING
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1875
Identification
Deposit ID60000632
MRDS IDISM0285
Alternate namesAnniversaire, Francaise, Bel Air Mines
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-21.7136, 166.13182
References
NEW CALEDONIA SERVICE DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, [1980-84], RAPPORT ANNUEL--NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET DEPENDENCIES- 1979-83: SERVICE DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, 5 V. (PA1-PA3,- PC2)PETERS, H.D., 1975, NICKEL--VORKOMMEN, PRODUKTION, BEDARFSDECKUNG IM RAHMEN DER WELTWIRTSCHAFT, [NICKEL; OCCURRENC-E, PRODUCTION, AND SUPPLY IN WORLD TRADE]: BERGBAU, ROHSTOFFE-, ENERGIE, VERLAG GLUCK AUF GMBH, ESSEN, GERMANY, V. 9, 112 P.- (RR1)PARIS, J.P., 1981, GEOLOGIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE--UN ESSAI DE SYNTHESE: [FRANCE] BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGI-QUES ET MINIERES, MEMOIRE DU B.R.G.M., NO. 113, 278 P. (PC1)