Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data

Location, type, mineralogy, name, tonnage and grade, and geological setting for 120 deposits of this type.

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Publication:

USGS Open-File Report 2011-1058

Ni-Co laterite deposits of the world--database and grade and tonnage models

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1058/

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