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Gebe Island, Indonesia

Occurrence in Indonesia with commodities Nickel, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079613
MRDS ID W029652
Record type Site
Current site name Gebe Island, Indonesia
Related records 10118028

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 129.83246, -0.03174 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF ISLAND IRIAN JAJA AND PENINSULA VOGELKOOP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Analytical data

Result THE ORE HAS AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 2.2 % NI AND 20 % FE

Nearby scientific data

(1) 129.83246, -0.03174
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Indeco
  • Type Owner
    Owner Indonesia Nickel Development Corp. (Indeco)

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS PLANED TO PRODUCE 26,000 T FERRO-NICKEL IN 1980 (NICKEL CONTENT 22 TO 25 %)

Comments on development

  • IN EXPLORATION (1976)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASIAMINING, OKT. 1976, P.35

  • Deposit

    B.G.R., MAY 1976, LAGERSTAETTENKUNDLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, INDONESIEN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INDECO WILL PROVIDE 80 % OF THE FINANCING FOR THE PROJECT WITH INDONESIA PARTNERS SUPLYING THE REST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Saam, Henning G. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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