Mine detail: Falconbridge Dominicana Mines

Previously called 'TainaLomas PequeraBonaoFalconFalcondo BonaoBonao Ferronickel ComplexBonao Nickel MinesLargaGuardarryaFraserLoma Caribe'

Location:	La Vega, Dominican Republic, Caribbean
Lat / long:	18.93874, -70.40706
dep_id:	60000598
mrds_id:	ISM0228
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron, Nickel
Minor mineral:	Cobalt
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	LATERITE, RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
model:	110: Lateritic Ni
conc_proc:	SERPENTINIZATION, TROPICAL WEATHERING
Reporter:	BEOUGHER, DELILAH J. (SPANSKI, GREGORY T.), ORRIS, GRETA J., FOOSE, MICHAEL P., SAAM, HENNING G., SHAFFER, GLENN L., PAGE, NORMAN J.
Structure:	TROPICAL WEATHERING OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS
Year first produced:	1971
disc_yr:	1918
References:	Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1981, FALCONBRIDGE DOMINICANA--FERRONICKEL FROM THE CARIBBEAN: ENGINEERING AND MI-NING JOURNAL, V. 182, NO. 4, P. 112-117. (RR1) Deposit:: MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1976, FALCONBRIDGE NICKEL MINES LTD: LONDON, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, THE FI-NANCIAL TIMES LTD., NO. 89, P. 240-243. (RR2) Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1982, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL LTD., P. 364-36-5. (PA2, PA3, PA8, PC1, PC2) Deposit:: BALDESSARI, B.M., 1982, NICKEL RESOURCE ANALYSIS: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 146, NO. 1, P. 61-66. (RR3) Deposit:: HALDEMANN, E.G., BUCHAN, R., BLOWES, J.H., AND CHANDLER, T., 1982, GEOLOGY OF LATERITIC NICKEL DEPOSITS, DOMINICAN- REPUBLIC: SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS FALL FIELD TRIP, OC-TOBER, 1982, P. 16-39. (RR4) Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 2D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, [587] - P. (PA1, PA2, PA3, PC1, PC2) Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1983, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA--DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LONDON, MINING JOURNAL LTD., P. 328. -(C17) Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 3D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES [498] P-. (PA2, PA3, PC1, PC2) Deposit:: SKINNER, WALTER R., 1973, MINING INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK: THE FINANCIAL TIMES, LONDON, 1973, P. 248. Deposit:: METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 4/9/73, ITEM #A2043. Deposit:: THE MINING JOURNAL, 6/30.72. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, DEC. 1975, P. 439. Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1965: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P. Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P. Deposit:: PETERS, P., 1985: NICKEL. Deposit:: B.G.R., INTERNER BERICHT, ANDRITZKY, G., 1977: BERICHT UEBER EINE DIENSTREISE IN DIE DOMINIKANISCHE REPUBLIK. Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 46. Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND GORDON, MACKENZIE, JR., 1950, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 946-D, P. 307-356. Deposit:: ALCOA COMPANY, 1980, FIELD TRIP C, LATERITIC NICKEL DEPOSITS AT BONAO, ROAD LOG: FIELD GUIDE, 9TH CARIBBEAN GEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, P. 69-80.