Mine detail: Nepoui Areasln

Previously called 'NepouiNo Alternate Names.'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.38043, 164.99858

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Other material: Garnierite, Illite, Kaolinite, Serpentine
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1875

Geology

References

MAS6410350005
DEP10159109
Reference{Deposit:: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES. NOTICE}{Deposit:: EXPLICATIVE SUR LA FEUILLE KOUAOUA. NOUMET. 1979.}{Deposit:: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GROLOGIQUES ET MINIERES. NOTICE}{Deposit:: EXPLICATIVE SUR LA FEUILLE THIO. NOUMEA. 1976.}{Deposit:: BURAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES. RAPPORT ANNUEL}{Deposit:: DU SERVICE MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, NOUVELLE-}{Deposit:: CALEDONIA ET DEPENANCES. 1979.}{Deposit:: INTERNATIONAL LATERITE SYPOSIUM. NICKEL DEPOSIT IN NEW}{Deposit:: CALEDONIA, SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR FORMATION.}{Deposit:: 1979. PP.85-116.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, NICKEL PRODUCTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. MAY}{Deposit:: 1974.}{Deposit:: SOCIETE METALLUGIQUE LE NICKEL-SLN. ANNUAL REPORT. 1979.}
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