Goro West

Prospect in France with commodities Cobalt, 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. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134713
MAS/MILS ID 6410350010
Record type Site
Current site name Goro West
Alternate or previous names Goro, Goro East

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 167.0152, -22.39687 (WGS84)
Elevation 175
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

France(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
France

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 167.0152, -22.39687

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Date of Last Modification 830718

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1863
Mining method Strip-Hillside
Year of first production 1864
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Goro

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Inco
    Interest 58
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bureau De Recherches Geologiques Et Minieres (BRGM)
    Interest 15
    Home office France
    Year 1995
    First year 1995
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Other Unknown
    Year 1995
    First year 1995

Comments on the production information

  • THIS MINE HAS NEVER PRODUCED, THEREFORE ENTRIES SUCH AS LAST YEAR OF PRODUCTION, INITIAL YEAR OF PRODUCTION, ETC., HAVE BEEN LEFT BLANK. THIS DEPOSIT IS A LATERITE. CAPACITIES WERE CALCULATED USING 300 WORKING DAYS PER YEAR. 8/95 ARTICLE STATES THAT A LEACHING METHOD TO RECOVER NICKEL COBALT IS BEING INVESTIGATED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Indicated 165000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 165000000mt ore
    Total resources 165000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.65 wt-pct Nickel Major 1995
    Cobalt Co 0.16 wt-pct Cobalt Minor 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORIG. ON CO CONTRACT. DEPOSIT REPORT INCLUDES GORO EAST WEST & PRONY. SOME INTERMITTANT PRODUCTION TO GREENVALE MAY OCCUR
  • INCO PRESS RELEASE 8/95
  • M1C1=M9C4. INCO PRESS RELEASE 8/95
  • GRADES ARE ESTIMATED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 5000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.22
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    DATA SOURCE: MINERALS SOURCEBOOK, "GORD NICKEL DEPOSIT".

  • Reserve-Resource

    JAN. 29, 1973 (A1048).

  • Deposit

    GUILLON, J.H., AND J.J. TRESCASES. NOTICE EXPLICATIVE SUR LA

  • Deposit

    FEVILLE PRONY, POUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET

  • Deposit

    MINIERES. PARIS. 1972.

  • Deposit

    NICKEL PRODUCTION IN NEW CALEDONIA, MINING MAGAZINE. 1974.

  • Deposit

    PP.336-341, 343, 345, 347.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-AUG-95 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

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