Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Dune Ecosystem Reference Database

Pollen morphology in the subtribe Metrosideinae of the Leptospermoideae (Myrtaceae) and it taxanomic significance

Author
Gadek, P.A.; Martin, H.A.
Year
1981
Summary
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.
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