Mine detail: Barrytown Deposit

Previously called 'Twelve Mile Beach Deposit'

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Location: Westland, New Zealand, Oceania
Lat / long: -42.2298, 171.3148
dep_id: 60000847
mrds_id: ISM0734
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium, Gold, Titanium, Zirconium, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER, MARINE
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Structure: SHORELINE
disc_yr: 1860
References:
  • 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
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