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Ile Art

Prospect in France with commodities Cobalt, Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256358
MAS/MILS ID 6410350019
Record type Site
Current site name Ile Art

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 163.56526, -19.53029 (WGS84)
Elevation 265

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnierite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnesite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 163.56526, -19.53029
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 45W
    Thickness 30M
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45W:45W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830627
  • Area 2800HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2800
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS THE RESULT OF SERPENTIZATION AND LATERIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Mining method Strip-Hillside
Milling method Pyrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name New Caledonia

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cofremmi
    Interest 90
    Home office France
    Year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Patino
    Interest 10
    Home office Netherlands
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • COFREMMI IS OWNED 51% BY BRGM A FRENCH GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND 49% BY AMAX.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADDED TO CONTRACT
  • DILUTION FACTOR OR 0.95 FOR IN SITU TO RECOVERABLE ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2800HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Capacity 2692
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.22
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU NICKEL STUDY.

  • Deposit

    DUYVESTEIN, W. INTERVIEW. MANAGER AMAX NICKEL PROJECT.

  • Deposit

    GOLDEN CO. OCTOBER 1980.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. VARIOUS ARTICLES. APRIL 1974

  • Deposit

    PP.35-36, MAY 1976, P.177.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. VARIOUS ARTICLES. DECEMBER 1969, P.453.

  • Deposit

    MARCH 1974, P.149. FEBRUARY 1975, P.86. APRIL 1978,

  • Deposit

    PP.297-299. SEPTEMBER 1979, P.221.

  • Deposit

    GOLDER ASSOCIATES FILE NOTES: PRIVATE STUDY. SECTION 1.23.2

  • Deposit

    (INCLUDED IN BACKUP). 1978. PP.73-75.

  • Deposit

    RODOZ, S. INTERVIEW. MANAGING DIRECTORY, COFREMMI NOUMEA,

  • Deposit

    NEW CALEDONIA. NOVEMBER 1980.

  • Deposit

    TROLY, G. ET.AL. "NICKEL DEPOSITS IN NEW CALEDONIA, SOME

  • Deposit

    FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR FORMATION." INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    LATERITE SYMPOSIUM. SME-AIME. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

  • Deposit

    1979.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING. VARIOUS ARTICLES. APRIL 1974 AND AUGUST 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLDER INDICATES THAT ILE WILL COME ON LINE TO REPLACE TEIBAGHI ABOUT 2024. PREVIOUS INVESTIGATOR: CSF/RGC FEB. 2, 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-1995 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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