Mine detail: Poro Mine

Previously called 'Poro'

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Location

Lat / long: -19.99697, 165.99854

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

References

MAS6410350006
DEP10231923
Reference{Deposit:: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES. NOTICE EXPLICATIVE SUR LA FEUILLE KOUAOUA. NOUMEA. 1979. EXPLICATIVE SUR LA FEUILLE THIO. NOUMEA. 1976.}{Deposit:: BUREAU DE RECHERHCES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES. RAPPORT ANNUEL DU SERVICE DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET DEPENDANCES . 1978.}{Deposit:: BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES. RAPPORT ANNUEL CALEDONIE ET DEPENDANCES. 1979.}{Deposit:: INTERNATION LATERITE SYMPOSIUM. NICKEL DEPOSIT IN NEW CALEDONIA, SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR FORMATION. 1979. PP. 85-116.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE .NICKEL PRODUCTION IN NEW CALEDONIA .MAY 1974.}{Deposit:: SOCIETE METALURGIQUE LE NICKEL- SLN. ANNUAL REPORT .1979.}{Deposit:: Mining Magazine, January 1989, P. 47.}
ReporterEastern Field Operations Center (EFOC), Beougher, Delilah, J. (Spanski, Gregory T.)