Mt Somers

Producer in New Zealand with commodities Silica, Quartz

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10106721
MRDS ID	DE02598
Record type	Site
Current site name	Mt Somers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	171.30999, -43.64902 (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

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Sand	Ore

Analytical data

Result	SIO2 97.5-99.6
Result	ALWO3 0.51-1.23
Result	FEWO3 0.03-0.2

Nearby scientific data

(1)	171.30999, -43.64902	ListMap

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

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	DE02598

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

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.