Mine detail: Poro Mine

Previously called 'Poro'

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Location: Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, France, Oceania
Lat / long: -19.99697, 165.99854
dep_id: 10231923
mas_id: 6410350006
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Nickel
Trace mineral: Cobalt
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
other_matl: Garnierite, Limonite, Serpentine
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC), Beougher, Delilah, J. (Spanski, Gregory T.)
Year first produced: 1875
disc_yr: 1865
References:
  • 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.
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