The XRF data is generally consistent with previous historical surveys of laterites and indicates metal concentrations of an average of 33.8 wt.% for Fe, 0.576 wt.% for Mn, 0.330 wt.% for Ni, 1.07 wt.% for Cr, and 0.161 wt.% for Co. TEM-EDS mapping on selected sample material indicates oxyhydroxide mineral particles are uniformly intergrown and create a bird's nest texture. These individual crystallites of oxyhydroxide minerals observed have an average length of approximately 500 nanometers and width of approximately 50 nanometers. Also, the TEM-EDS data shows Fe was the most dominant element found, with minor amounts of Mn, Cr, Ni, and Al, and is consistent with XRF data and HR-ICP-MS data. The preliminary XRD data is complex and for laterite shows diffraction consistent with goethite-diaspore solid solution, and multiple types of pyroxene including ferroan enstatite, and probable clinopyroxene. In addition, the bedrock samples are dominated by serpentine while exhibiting a minor amount of chlorite. Lastly, the HR-ICP-MS data showed that between the bedrock and laterite, nickel and cadmium amounts generally decreased on average and other metals increased significantly through the laterization process.