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Soroako

Past Producer in Indonesia with commodities Nickel, Platinum
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  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098424
MRDS ID M046898
Record type Site
Current site name Soroako

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 119.99935, -2.49817 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION APPROX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Comments on the location information

  • PLOTTED ON MAIN ISLAND CELEBES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 119.99935, -2.49817
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sulawesi Island

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pt International Nickel Indonesia, (A Subsidary Of Inco Ltd.)

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL PRODUCTION IN 1978 SHOULD BE 100 MILLION POUNDS OF NICKEL. DAILY MINE PRODUCTION IS 15,500 DRY MT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENG. MIN. JOUR., 1977 , INDONESIA'S SULAWESI ISLAND: ENG. MIN. JOUR.MAY 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Blair, Will N. 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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