Mine detail: Gebe Island Mining Area

Previously called 'Tg. Ubulia'

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Location

Lat / long: -0.06507, 129.43246

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Iron, Cobalt
Discovery year: 1974

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1979
Last production ended: 1984

Geology

Host type:Serpentinite
Structure:Tropical Weathering Of Ultramafic Rocks
Tectonic:Mes-Cen Mobile Belt

References

MRDSISM0261
DEP10024538
Reference{Deposit:: PRIJONO, A., 1977, POTENTIAL OF THE LATERITIC-NICKEL DEPOSITS IN INDONESIA AND THEIR SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT--MUCH -DEPENDS ON THE RIGHT PROCESSING METHOD, IN PRIJONA, A., LONG, -C., AND SWEATMAN, R., EDS., THE INDONESIAN MINING INDUSTRY--IT-S PRESENT AND FUTURE: JAKARTA, THE INDONESIAN MINING ASSOCIAT-ION, PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INDONESIAN MINING SYMPOSIUM, P. -184-250.}{Deposit:: PERTAMBANGAN INDONESIA, 1982, INDONESIAN MINING YEARBOOK. (PA1-PA4, PA8, PC1)}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1976, INDUSTRY IN ACTION--FERRONICKEL SMELTER TO GO AHEAD: MINING JOURNAL, V. 286, NO. 7330, P. 1-23. (RR1)}{Production:: PA1-PA4, PA8: RF2, P. 111 PC1: RF2, P. 111}
ReporterKrauss, Ulrich H.