Thio-Mission Mining District

Producer in Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, France with commodities Nickel, Cobalt
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. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000638
MRDS ID ISM0291
Record type District
Current site name Thio-Mission Mining District
Alternate or previous names Rasoir, Yolande 4 Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 166.24852, -21.6302 (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
Cobalt Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 166.24852, -21.6302

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name THIO-MISSION MINING DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NICKCAL
    Year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEW CALEDONIA SERVICE DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, [1980-84], RAPPORT ANNUEL--NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET DEPENDANCES -1979-83: SERVICE DES MINES ET DE LA GEOLOGIE, 5 V. (PA1-PA2,- PC2)

  • Deposit

    PARIS, J.P., 1981, GEOLOGIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE--UN ESSAI DE SYNTHESE: [FRANCE] BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGI-QUES ET MINIERES, MEMOIRE DU B.R.G.M., NO. 113, 278 P. (PC1)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 FOOSE, MICHAEL P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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