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Gag, Indonesia

Occurrence in Indonesia with commodities Nickel, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079612
MRDS ID W029651
Record type Site
Current site name Gag, Indonesia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 129.83246, 0.16825 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF IRIAN JAYA AND PENINSULA VOGELKOOP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 129.83246, 0.16825
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacific Nickel (French And Us Consortium)
  • Type Owner
    Owner A Dutch-Us Consortium Participants Include Hoogovens, Amoco And The Indonesian State
  • Type Operator
    Owner Gag Island Mines

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TARGET IS ABOUT 45,000 T NICKEL AND 2,000 T COBALT PER YEAR. START ON 1983 TO 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: TOTAL COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT $ 1,000 MILLION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASIAMINING, OCT. 1976

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE 6.77

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN 12.1977, P.57

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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