Te Kuiti

Producer in New Zealand with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106733
MRDS ID I000207
Record type Site
Current site name Te Kuiti

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 175.16485, -38.32988 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Zealand(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
New Zealand

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN CENTRAL PART OF NOTH ISLAND. LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF TE KUITI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 175.16485, -38.32988

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mintech (Subsidiary Of Plues-Staufer Ag)

Comments on the production information

  • CURRENT PRODUCTION (1990) IS 25-30,000 TPA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENBOW, JOHN, 1990, NEW ZEALAND'S MINERALS- FOR DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 273, P. 31

  • Reserve-Resource

    BENBOW, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.