Mine detail: Coalgate

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Location: New Zealand, Oceania
Lat / long: -43.47985, 171.96473
dep_id: 10023337
mrds_id: I000205
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bentonite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
model: 189: Sedimentary bentonite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Volcanic Ash
Year first produced: 1970
References:
  • Deposit:: BENBOW, JOHN, 1990, NEW ZEALAN* MINERALS- FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 273, P. 28.
  • Deposit:: THOMPSON, B.N., 1983, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NEW ZEALAND: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 274, P. 1941.
  • Production:: THOMPSON, 1983.
  • Reserve-Resource:: BENBOW, 1990.
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