Mine detail: Motueka

Previously called 'MutuekaMutuekoSandy Bay'

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Location

Lat / long: -41.11319, 172.99812

Resource(N)

Primary: Wollastonite
Ore: Wollastonite
Gangue: Calcite, Diopside

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect
First production started: 1962

Geology

Host type:Marble
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Contact Metamorphism

References

MRDSI000176
DEP10096949
Reference{Deposit:: THOMPSON, B.N., 1983, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NEW ZEALAND: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 274, P. 1946.}{Deposit:: ANDREWS, R.W., 1970, WOLLASTONITE: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, P. 52-53.}{Deposit:: FATTAH, HASSAN, 1994, WOLLASTONITE-- NEW ASPECTS PROMISE GROWTH: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 326, P. 21-43.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1994, JV PARTNER SOUGHT FOR WOLLASTONITE DEPOSITS, IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 326, P. 11.}{Production:: ANDREWS, 1970.}{Reserve-Resource:: THOMPSON, 1983; ANDREWS, 1970; TOTAL DEPOSIT SIZE ESTIMATE DONE BY ORRIS, 1989.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.