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Chromite from
Goro Mine, Yaté, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Goro Mine, Yaté, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:262338
Long-form Identifier:1:3:262338:2
GUID (UUID V4):3abf18d0-3f3c-484b-ac25-6197589e69f8
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
12.0km (7.4 miles) Anna-Madeleine Mine, Yaté, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France
20.9km (13.0 miles) Ouen Island ophiolite, Ouen Island, Le Mont-Dore, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France
31.4km (19.5 miles) Col de Mouirange, Le Mont-Dore, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France
33.8km (21.0 miles) GR2H Mine, Le Mont-Dore, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France
60.5km (37.6 miles) Ni River estuary, Yaté, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lateritic regolith developed on peridotites (New Caledonia) Gabrielle Dublet, Farid Juillot, Jessica Brest...lateritic regolith developed on peridotites (New Caledonia), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2017), doi:...lateritic regolith developed on peridotites (New Caledonia) Gabrielle Dublet *1,2,3, Farid Juillot1,4,...(UPMC), Campus Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France 2 CEREGE, UMR 6635 CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université...Université, Europôle de l'Arbois, 13545 Aix-enProvence, France 3* present address: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
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in Norway in 1848, followed by the opening of the New Caledonian Ni laterite mines in 1875 and the recognition...deposits are nonrenewable resources. Over time, new deposits can be found and exploited, but once depleted...is still a 10% shortfall that can only be met by new production. This therefore means that it is generally...availability of reliable low cost energy sources and new mining and processing technologies, growing demand...to determine whether this prospect is economic to mine. The mining industry generally minimizes exploration
Book
Perth AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO •...practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our understanding... Canada, the United States, Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia...and human beings. When I first visited Sukinda chromite belt in 1964, it was a sleeping hamlet, gifted...the area was only for small-scale production of chromite ore for the indigenous market. M/s Ferro Alloys
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upper units of ultramafic lateritic ores from New Caledonia Gabrielle Dublet a,b,⇑, Farid Juillot a, Guillaume...(UPMC), MNHN, Campus Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France b Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences...Ni-rich and one Ni-poor lateritic profiles from New Caledonia. Ni K-edge Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure...deposits from West Africa, the Philippines, and New Caledonia (Manceau et al., 2000; Fan and Gerson, 2011;...bottom to the uppermost part of Ni deposits in New Caledonia. The above findings suggest that the decrease
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minor to trace amounts of quartz, talc, kaolinite, chromite, maghemite, and Mn oxides. Goethite was partially...this research may contribute to the development of new and more energy-efficient procedures for processing...(Kalgoorlie and Ravensthorpe in Australia; Goro and Koniambo in New Caledonia; and Weda Bay in Indonesia). X-ray...(105ºC) based on dissolution in 2 M H2SO4. Weda Bay Goro Kalgoorlie Ravensthorpe Koniambo a Fe (mg/g) Al...dissolve in 2 M H2SO4 (i.e. quartz, talc, and chromite which are present in XRD patterns of the residue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
www.elsevier.com/locate/gca Ni speciation in a New Caledonian lateritic regolith: A quantitative X-ray...75005 Paris, France b Université Paris Diderot, 5 rue Thomas-Mann, 75205 Paris cedex 13, France c Department...in Ni speciation in a 64 m vertical profile of a New Caledonian saprolitic–lateritic regolith developed...for Ni in the final tropical weathering stages of New Caledonian ultramafic rocks. Ó 2012 Elsevier Ltd....Lateritic regoliths developed on ultramafic rocks in New Caledonia contain unusual Ni concentrations (often 1.0–
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in rock block joints (Koniambo Ni deposit, New Caledonia) Michel Cathelineau 1 & Benoît Quesnel 2 & Pierre...Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Abstract In New Caledonian Ni deposits, the richest Ni silicate ores...Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France 2 Géosciences Rennes, Université Rennes 1, UMR 6118 CNRS, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France 3 ...Koniambo Nickel SAS, 98883 Voh, Nouvelle Calédonie, France exploitation at the base of the regolith with...Kerolite-pimelite . Garnierite . Ni-laterite . New Caledonia . Dissolution-precipitation Introduction Nickel
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Ni deposits, as best illustrated by those in New Caledonia, Cuba, Philippines, Indonesia, Colombia, Australia...Malipo deposits in Yunnan Province and the Chaiziyuan deposit in Sichuan Province [29], which are tectonically...southwestern portion of Yuanjiang county, Yunnan Province, Southwest China (Figure 1a). Tectonically, it...Simplified geological map the Yuanjiang region, Yunnan Province,SW SWChina, China,showing showingthe Figure 1...geological map ofof the Yuanjiang region, Yunnan Province, the location (a) and main geological context
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
by siderite in a lateritic Ni-deposit from New Caledonia Gabrielle Dublet1,2,*, Farid Juillot1,3, Guillaume...(UPMC), Campus Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France 2 Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences...Paris Diderot, IPGP, Bâtiment Lamarck, 75013 Paris, France 4 Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, 2575...conducted on a lateritic Ni-deposit from Southern New Caledonia. Results show that Ni is incorporated in...area of the Plaine des Lacs in the southern part of New Caledonia (Podwojewski and Bourdon 1996; Chen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and massive and stratiform accumulations D of chromite, ilmenite and vanadium-bearing magnetite. Magmatic...significant underinvestment in exploration for magmatic chromite, ilmenite-vanadium and polymetallic disseminated...operating margins and long mine life is recommended as a starting point for new programs. However, by recognizing...copper and PGE provides significant opportunities for new projects to displace existing, higher-cost operations...amounts of gold and cobalt; massive and stratiform chromite deposits;  massive and stratiform vanadium-bearing
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(‘deweylite’/‘garnierite’) in faulted peridotites of New Caledonia: I. Texture and mineralogy of a paragenetic...Promenade Roger Laroque, Anse Vata, 98848, Nouméa, New Caledonia *Corresponding author, e-mail: emmanuel.fritsch@ird...cedex 9, France 4 Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), BP 53, 38041 Grenoble cedex 9, France 5 Centre...Marseille (CiNaM), CNRS, 13288 Campus de Luminy, France Abstract: Detailed textural and mineralogical...investigations carried out in mineralized veins of the New Caledonian peridotites reveal three major periods
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Université Paris Sud — CNRS, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France UnB, IG/GMP-ICC Centro, Campus Universitario Darcy...Brest, Unité Géosciences Marines, 29280 Plouzané, France d Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Sorbonne...Université Paris Diderot, UMR 7154 CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France e Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements...Avenue du Charmois, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France f Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement...Avenue de la Terrasse, Bat 12, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France b c a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received
Book
Introduction 2 Fiji 3 Papua New Guinea 4 The Solomon Islands i) 5 New Caledonia ii 6 The Phosphate...Gold Production and Revenue, New Guinea, 1924-1941 Employment at Panguna Mine, 1972 Ok Tedi Labor Costs...Production, Papua New Guinea, 1976-1986 Principal Gold Mining/Exploration Sites, Papua New Guinea Migration...Migration to and from New Caledonia, 1969-1976 Nickel Production, New Caledonia, 1976-1986 147 149 Nauru...Fiji concerning the activities of Emperor Gold Mine. Finally, while in Fiji, Ibecame acquainted with
Report (issue)
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction 1 Podiform chromite 3 Synorogenic and synvolcanic nickel 7 Dunitic...mixtures of the oxides and silicates. A new podiform chromite model based primarily on Turkish deposits...significant. -2- DEPOSIT TYPE AUTHOR Podiform chromite MODEL NUMBER 1.1 D. A. Singer, N. J Page, and...is provided as an alternative to the podiform chromite model based on California and Oregon deposits...551 Bugugan Buyiik Gurleyen Buyiik Karamanli Caledonia Camaguey Catak Catak-Koraalan Catolsinir I Catolsinir
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Arizona AMSTERDAM l BOSTON l HEIDELBERG l LONDON NEW YORK l OXFORD l PARIS l SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO l...Finland Sumitomo Nickel, Japan Societe Le Nickel, New Caledonia Anglo American Platinum, South Africa Johnson...Overview 3 FIGURE 1.2 Hill-top laterite mine in New Caledonia. The overburden has been removed to expose...above sea level by tectonic forces. Most of New Caledonia (for example) is made up of peridotite ocean...metal production from ore, avoids the production of mine waste products and slows the usage of valuable land
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
within the limonite of lateritic ores from New Caledonia. Goethite ageing refers to the upward increase...limonite subzone composed of goethite andwith minor chromite. The transition the sapzone the upper limonite...the limonite composed of goethite and chromite. minor chromite. The transition The saprolite zone is...serpentine 10 wt%primary goethite. Note that abundant chromite primary serpentinized (~40%) significant Lastly...serpentine 10 wt% goethite. Note that abundant chromite of[34]. primary origin was of observed in the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines Author(s): R. H. Compton Source: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 49...and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about...Geographical Journal Vol. XLIX No. 2 February 1917 NEW CALEDONIA AND THE ISLE OF PINES R. H. Compton, M.A.,...largest island of the Pacific Ocean (if we exclude New Zealand) and its smaller associated islets. Mr. P...(comprising the two parallel ranges of islands, New Caledonia and outliers and the Loyalties) lies between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which is higher than those in the majority of chromite deposits associated with ophiolites, may indicate...Western Australia (The Murrin Murrin deposit), in New Caledonia, Indonesia, and the Dominican Republic [11–13]...Peninsula (Shebenik–Pogradec Massif at the central and southern part of the Mirdita ophiolites—Sub-Pelagonian...hematite, Ni-bearing chlorite, quartz, calcite, and chromite. Talc is common in the lowest part of the ore...chlorite, Fe-chlorite, rutile, quartz, calcite, and chromite, while AlOOH polymorphs boehmite and diaspore
Book
Grenoble 38031 France arndt@ujf-grenoble.fr Clément Ganino University of Nice Nice 06103 France clement.ganino@unice...1007/978-3-642-22996-1 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011942416...create bronze by alloying tin and copper to create a new and more useful metal allow. Thousands of years from...fingertips, pots and pans, vehicles and homes and also new types of uses of metals, some incorporated as nano-materials...will be called upon to discover new mineral deposits and to think of new ways of mining minerals and remediation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultramafic rock. Zimbabwe, which lies near the southern margin of Africa’s lateritic climate zone (Figure...arc-smelting of the laterite, together with fine chromite concentrated from eluvial soils in the same area...laterites and eluvial chromite concentrate. Compositions of nickel laterite and eluvial chromite concentrate Nickel...Nickel laterite, % Chromite concentrate, % Ni 2.02 Cr2O3 1.5 53.8 FeO 7.6 19.8 SiO2 40.3 5.5 Al2O3 0...Coke Alloy composition, % Average alloy yield, chromite conc. Cr Ni C Si kg/30 kg charge Low High 51 3
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3, No.6. SEPT.1958. Bementite and Pyroxmangite mine, Kumamoto Toyofumi The material was situated... fibrous Under crystals, ore the of this mine. microscope arranged very radially and d=3... about the Ichinomata Prefecture. Fumitoshi mine, from photographs, minerals and rhodonite and...certain were relations examito extent. Niu Mine, 468-477) Nobuya and Tsuneo in Oita Prefecture...studies on nickelferous produced silicate from Niu Mine minerals. For- 792 merly this mineral used to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
past lateritic Ni and Co producers include Goro in New Caledonia (Llorca, 1993; Wells et al., 2009), Moa...(for the respective elements) Na: albite 639, Cr: chromite 639, Co: cobalt 639, Ca and Si: diopside 639,...ferritchromite unlike in the Kalkan chromitite in Southern Urals where ferritchromite is associated with...with high Co values in the AnmodBisgod region in southern India. Further work, including age dating on the...Serpentine geoecology of Western North America: New York, Oxford University Press, 512 p. Andreani, M
Report (issue)
12. 13. 14. 15. Historic and projected bauxite mine production, 2000–2017 .......................................... 23 Historic and projected cobalt mine production, 2000–2017 .......................................... 24 Historic and projected copper mine production, 2000–2017 ............................................ 26 Historic and projected gold mine production, 2000–2017 ....................................... 29 Historic and projected palladium mine production, 2000–2017..........................
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gali@ub.edu DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2012.0600203 New Caledonia; Soroako West, Indonesia); (2) partially serpentinized...serpentinized peridotite (e.g. Falcondo Mine, Dominican Republic); or (3) totally serpentinized parent...Ni-laterite deposit (Dominican Republic). Chr: accesory chromite, Ol: olivine, Opx: orthopyroxene, Cpx: clinopyroxene...ophiolite-related peridotites of mantle origin as in New Caledonia (Trescases, 1975; Wells et al., 2009) and in...complexity of the system without affording significant new information regarding the distribution of Ni among
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occur in the humid tropical regions within New Caledonia, Colombia, Cuba, Indonesia, Philippines, Dominican...and contains occasional clusters of magnetite/chromite. This unit is labelled saprock in Figure 2B and...of these layers contain disseminated magnetite/chromite and are weakly magnetic, the white-green layers...lizardite with traces of chlorite, chrysotile, chromite and hematite evident in the XRD patterns. The...(hematite, maghemite and goethite), with traces of chromite and magnetite subsequently confirmed from SEM
 
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