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Kouaoua

Producer in Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, France with commodities Iron, Cobalt, Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001852
MRDS ID W700071
Record type District
Current site name Kouaoua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 165.74852, -21.39691 (WGS84)

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
Iron Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 110
USGS model code 38a
Deposit model name Lateritic Ni

Nearby scientific data

(1) 165.74852, -21.39691
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1875

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.

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