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West Pokot-Nickel Deposit-Kenya, Africa

Occurrence in Kenya with commodities Nickel, Chromium
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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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096179
MRDS ID W002799
Record type Site
Current site name West Pokot-Nickel Deposit-Kenya, Africa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 34.55122, 1.13482 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenya(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Kenya

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE ARE FOR MOUNT ELGON PER GENERAL COMMENTS FIELD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 34.55122, 1.13482
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AM. MET. MKT., 8/23/74

  • Deposit

    METALS WEEK-METALS SOURCEBOOK, 9/16/74, ITEM #A4233

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, 10/7/74, P. 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WESTERN OIL COMPANY AND OIL VENTURES, INTERNATIONAL INC. EXPLORING JOINTLY. LOCATION 60 MILES FROM MT. ELGON NEAR THE UGANDAN BORDER. IF PRESENCE OF NI AND CR IS CONFIRMED, $116,150,000 INVESTMENT WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE MINING CAN START.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

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