Plateau Superieur, New Caledonia

Occurrence 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 10079657
MRDS ID W029713
Record type Site
Current site name Plateau Superieur, New Caledonia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 166.16519, -21.66357 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 KM DISTANCE TO PORT SIDE

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 166.16519, -21.66357

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thio Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Societe Le Nickel (Sln)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • H1) DRY ORE, CUT-OFF GRADE 1.8 % NI

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WENS, G. (1972): NICKELLAGERSTAETTEN IM PAZIF. RAUM ..

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.