Commodities
PrimaryWollastonite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model65: Skarn wollastonite
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlZone Of Contact Metamorphism
Materials
Ore mineralsWollastonite
GangueCalcite, Diopside
Geology
Host rockMarble
Associated rockGranite
AlterationContact Metamorphism
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1962
Identification
Deposit ID10096949
MRDS IDI000176
Alternate namesMutueka, Mutueko, Sandy Bay
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-41.11319, 172.99813
References
THOMPSON, B.N., 1983, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NEW ZEALAND: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 274, P. 1946.ANDREWS, R.W., 1970, WOLLASTONITE: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, P. 52-53.FATTAH, HASSAN, 1994, WOLLASTONITE-- NEW ASPECTS PROMISE GROWTH: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 326, P. 21-43.INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1994, JV PARTNER SOUGHT FOR WOLLASTONITE DEPOSITS, IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 326, P. 11.ANDREWS, 1970.THOMPSON, 1983; ANDREWS, 1970; TOTAL DEPOSIT SIZE ESTIMATE DONE BY ORRIS, 1989.