Borehole survey of North Island Ironsands from New Plymouth to Kaipara Harbour
- 1 November 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
- Vol. 1 (4) , 617-634
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.1958.10423170
Abstract
A reconnaissance survey in 1949 indicates that on the beaches between the mouth of the Mokau River, 56 miles north of New Plymouth, and the township of Muriwai, 35 miles north-west of Auckland City, there is available over 600 million tons of magnetically recoverable ironsand assaying 58% Fe. The most important deposit, that near Lake Taharoa, just south of Kawhia Harbour, ccntains some 173 million tons of ironsand in concentrations varying from 41% Fe in dune sands to 87% Fe in beach concentrates.Keywords
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- Ilmenite deposits in New ZealandNew Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 1958