Falcondo

Past Producer in Dominican Republic with commodities Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt, PGE
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. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039284
MRDS ID M046897
Record type Site
Current site name Falcondo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -70.24956, 18.56065 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR TOWN OF BONAO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dominican Republic(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Dominican Republic

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -70.24956, 18.56065

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.65 wt-pct Nickel Major 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENG. MIN. JOUR., 1977 , FALCONDO, V. 178 , NO. 11 , P. 143

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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