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Report on the Kiripaka coalfield
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Analyses of Best and Inferior Coal in the Kiripaka Coalfield. The summary found that the coal lay in basins, on a line commencing near Whareora somewhat east of Whangarei, and running in a northerly directiob through Kamo, Hikurangi, to the Bay of Islands. The basins were separated form one another by hills, sometimes volcanic in nature. To the west the coal measures were overlain by basalt, while to theeast they rested unconformally on Palaeozoic slate.

Report ID cr1011
Class Coal
Type
  • Geochemical
  • Geological
Permit UNASSIGNED
Operator Unpublished Reports
Commodity Coal
Region Northland Region
Start Date 01 January 1903
End Date 31 December 1903
Report extents in GeoJSON
Author Donovan W.
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