Amelie, New Caledonia

Occurrence in Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, France with commodity Nickel
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. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079655
MRDS ID W029710
Record type Site
Current site name Amelie, New Caledonia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 164.7152, -21.31357 (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
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 164.7152, -21.31357

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nepoui Mining Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Societe Le Nickel (Sln)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 2.49 wt-pct Nickel Major 1972

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • H1) CUT-OFF GRADE 1.5 % NI

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WENS, G.: NICKELLAGERSTAETTEN IM PAZIF. RAUM ...,1972;

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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