Westport

Producer in Buller, 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 60000823
MRDS ID ISM0685
Record type District
Current site name Westport
Alternate or previous names Carters Beach

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 171.54811, -41.7798 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST AND SOUTH OF CAPE FOULWIND, APPROX. 10 KM WEST OF WESTPORT, ALONG CARTERS BEACH AND NINE MILE BEACH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Buller(province)

New Zealand(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
New Zealand Buller

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 171.54811, -41.7798

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 BULLER MINERALS PTY LTD. JOINT VENTURE (LIME & MARBLE LTD)
  • Type Owner
    Owner BULLER MINERALS PTY LTD. JOINT VENTURE (FOUR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS)
  • Type Owner
    Owner BULLER MINERALS PTY LTD. JOINT VENTURE (CRA EXPLORATION PTY LTD.)
  • Type Operator
    Owner CRA EXPLORATION PTY. LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Beyond USGS

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