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Barrytown Deposit

Occurrence in Westland, New Zealand with commodities Gold, Titanium-Ilmenite, Zirconium, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085030
MRDS ID W700466
Record type Site
Current site name Barrytown Deposit
Alternate or previous names Twelve Mile Beach Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 171.31477, -42.22983 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westland(province)

New Zealand(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
New Zealand Westland

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST COAST OF SOUTH ISLAND ABOUT 25 KM N OF GREYMOUTH AT N END OF BARRYTOWN FLATS AND EXTENDING IN ABOUT 1 KM FROM COAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Titanium-Ilmenite Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 171.31477, -42.22983
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shoreline

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY SIMILAR TO WESTPORT DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name West Coast

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grampian Mining Ltd(Subsidiary Of Fletcher Challenge)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mineral Resources Ltd, Auckland Nz; Amax Exploration Ltd, Waihi Nz; Fletcher Challenge, Auckland Nz.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 3174000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium-Ilmenite TiO2 45 wt-pct Titanium Major 1984

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION IN PROGRESS.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0640 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD; RECORD NUMBER ISM0737 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD; RECORD NUMBER ISM0734 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ISMI RECORD, 1985, BARRYTOWN DEPOSIT

  • Reserve-Resource

    ISMI RECORD, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1989 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

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