Mine detail: Barrytown

Previously called 'Twelve Mile Beach'

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Location: Westland, New Zealand, Oceania
Lat / long: -42.2298, 171.3148
dep_id: 60000790
mrds_id: ISM0640
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zirconium, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER, MARINE
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Structure: SHORELINE-BEACH
disc_yr: 1860
References:
  • Deposit:: DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH., 1981, THE IRONSANDS INDUSTRY: INFORMATION LEAFLET, 22P.
  • Deposit:: MANN, G., AND JAMES, D., 1986, THE EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BARRYTOWN ILMENITE DEPOSIT AS A SOURCE OF TITANTIUM DIXIDE PIGMENT: IN AUSTRALIA: A WORLD SOURCE OF ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONAZITE AND ZIRCON: THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SYMPOSIA SERIES 46, P. 139-142.
  • Deposit:: MCPHERSON, R.I., 1978, GEOLOGY OF QUATERNARY ILMENITE-BEARING COASTAL DEPOSITS AT WESTPORT: NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN. 87, 94 P.
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