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Final Geological Report on Drilling Investigations within EP40564 Rainbow Mountain Rotorua.

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A machine drilling investigation comprising 15 core boreholes has been completed within EP 40564. Investigations have identified a volcanic deposit comprising a complex sequence of overlapping successive flows of Dacite, Andesite and volcanic debris including ash and agglomerate within a ridge located immediately south-east of Rainbow Mountain. A potential aggregate resource has been identified and a preliminary quarry design for extraction of an average 125,000 tonnes of weak to very strong rock per year for 30 years developed.

Report ID mr4128
Class Mineral
Type Geophysical
Permit 40564
Operator Stancorp Exploration Ltd
Commodity Aggregate
Region
  • Bay of Plenty Region
  • Waikato Region
Start Date 01 January 2005
End Date 31 December 2005
Report extents in GeoJSON
Author Ormiston Associates Ltd
Data Format
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  • ZIP