Barrytown Deposit

Prospect in Westland, New Zealand with commodities Zirconium, Titanium, Gold, Thorium, REE
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 60000847
MRDS ID ISM0734
Record type District
Current site name Barrytown Deposit
Alternate or previous names Twelve Mile Beach Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 171.3148, -42.2298 (WGS84)
Relative position ON WEST COAST OF SOUTH ISLAND ABOUT 25 KM NORTH OF GREYMOUTH AT THE NORTHERN END OF BARRYTOWN FLATS AND EXTENDING IN ABOUT 1 KM FROM THE COAST.

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
Zirconium Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 171.3148, -42.2298

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SHORELINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1860

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MINERAL RESOURCES LTD.
    Home office AUCKLAND NZ
  • Type Owner
    Owner AMAX EXPLORATION LTD.
    Home office WAIHI NZ
  • Type Owner
    Owner FLETCHER CHALLENGE
    Home office AUCKLAND NZ
  • Type Operator
    Owner GRAMPIAN MINING LTD.
    Home office AUCKLAND NZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, REG, 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE: PUBLISHED BY FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS INFORMATION P. 40-41.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

    PORTER, L., 1975, MEMO OF TELEPHONE CALL TO FLETCHER CHALLENGE, FEBRUARY 19

Beyond USGS

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