Mine detail: Westport Deposit

Previously called 'Nine Mile BeachCarters Beach'

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Location: Buller, New Zealand, Oceania
Lat / long: -41.7798, 171.54811
dep_id: 60000850
mrds_id: ISM0737
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium, REE, Zirconium, Gold, Titanium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER, MARINE
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
Structure: SHORELINE
dy_ba: >
disc_yr: 1860
References:
  • Deposit:: MCPHERSON, R.I., 1978, GEOLOGY OF QUATERNARY ILMENITE-BEARING COASTAL DEPOSITS AT WESTPORT, NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 87.
  • Deposit:: ADAMS, R., 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE, PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION P. 40-41.
  • 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:: FANTEL, R.J., ET AL, 1984, AVAILABILITY OF TITANIUM MINERALS - WORLD. A MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM APPRAISAL, P. 81-82.
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