Puni

Producer in New Zealand with commodities Silica, Quartz, Pumice
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022333
MRDS ID DE02515
Record type Site
Current site name Puni

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 174.85904, -37.26488 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Zealand(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
New Zealand

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Quartz Primary
Pumice Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result SIO2 20
Result FELDSPAR 40
Result MAFICS 7

Nearby scientific data

(1) 174.85904, -37.26488

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN SITU RESOURCES--QUANTITIES OF ECONOMIC INTEREST FOR THE NEXT FEW DECADES. EXTENSIONS OF KNOWN DEPOSITS AND NEWLY DISCOVERED DEPOSITS--PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES ECONOMICALLY EXPLOITABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ATLAS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ESCAP REGION, VOLUME 4, NEW ZEALAND EXPLANATORY BROCHURE, UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, 1988

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DREDGED FROM WAIKATO RIVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Jenness, Jane E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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