Mine detail: Barrytown Deposit

Previously called 'Twelve Mile Beach Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: -42.2298, 171.3148

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium, Gold, Titanium, Zirconium, REE
Discovery year: 1860

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER, MARINE
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Structure:SHORELINE

References

MRDSISM0734
DEP60000847
Reference{Deposit:: ADAMS, REG, 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE: PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION P. 40-41.}{Deposit:: MCPHERSON, R.I., 1978, GEOLOGY OF QUATERNARY ILMENITE-BEARING COASTAL DEPOSITS AT WESTPORT: NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 87.}{Deposit:: CRA EXPLORATION, 1984, MEMO TO CRA EXPLORATION FROM NZ GEOLOGIST.}{Deposit:: WARD, J., 1971, NZ ILMENITE SANDS: MINERAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT; MARCH 1971, 2 P.}{Deposit:: PORTER, L., 1975, MEMO OF TELEPHONE CALL TO FLETCHER CHALLENGE, FEBRUARY 19}