Barrytown

Producer in Westland, New Zealand with commodities Gold, Zirconium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000790
MRDS ID ISM0640
Record type District
Current site name Barrytown
Alternate or previous names Twelve Mile Beach

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 171.3148, -42.2298 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH ISLAND ABOUT 25KM NORTH OF GREYMOUTH AT THE NORTHERN END OF BARRYTOWN FLATS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westland(province)

New Zealand(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
New Zealand Westland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 171.3148, -42.2298

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SHORELINE-BEACH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1860

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner AMAX NEW ZEALAND LTD.
  • Type Owner
    Owner GRAMPIAN MINING LTD
  • Type Owner
    Owner MINERAL RESOURCES N.Z. LTD
  • Type Operator
    Owner GRAMPIAN MINING LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH., 1981, THE IRONSANDS INDUSTRY: INFORMATION LEAFLET, 22P.

  • Deposit

    MANN, G., AND JAMES, D., 1986, THE EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BARRYTOWN ILMENITE DEPOSIT AS A SOURCE OF TITANTIUM DIXIDE PIGMENT: IN AUSTRALIA: A WORLD SOURCE OF ILMENITE, RUTILE, MONAZITE AND ZIRCON: THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SYMPOSIA SERIES 46, P. 139-142.

  • Deposit

    MCPHERSON, R.I., 1978, GEOLOGY OF QUATERNARY ILMENITE-BEARING COASTAL DEPOSITS AT WESTPORT: NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN. 87, 94 P.

Beyond USGS

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