Si Reis I, New Caledonia

Past Producer in Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, France with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079653
MRDS ID W029708
Record type Site
Current site name Si Reis I, New Caledonia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 164.68186, -21.28024 (WGS84)
Elevation 900

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies(province)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
France Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 250 KM BY SEA TO DONIAMBO (NICKEL REFINERY)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 164.68186, -21.28024

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nepoui Mining Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Societe Le Nickel (Sln)

Comments on the workings information

  • AREAL ROPEWAY IS IN TWO SECTIONS, 6237 M LONG, 4 M PER SECOND,CAPACITY 360 T PER HOUR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WENS, G., NICKELLAGERSTAETTEN IM PAZIFISCHEN RAUM ...,1972

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1974

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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