Browns Lime Quarry, Browns, Southland District, Southland Region, South Island, New Zealand
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 46° 8' 45'' South , 168° 24' 47'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -46.14605,168.41332 |
Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
Browns is a township about 31km north of Invercargill.
Browns is a small town of about twenty houses, strung along the highway, 10 kilometres east of Winton.
The Browns Lime Company was formed in 1915 to produce agricultural lime for farmers. In 1998 they merged with Awarua Limeworks, and renamed themselves AB Lime. Family members of one of the founding directors, Frederick Chisholm, still control the company.
There are two locations. Shortly after the merger, the old quarry, situated at the north-west edge of Browns closed, and operations moved to the new quarry site, 5 kilometres by road to the north-west. The old overgrown quarry is on private property, and the new quarry is active. Mindat co-ordinates are the old quarry site.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Regional Geology
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Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 3191171 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Lithology: Conglomerate,gravel Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Miocene 5.333 - 23.03 Ma ID: 1311413 | Waiau Group and East Southland Group Age: Miocene (5.333 - 23.03 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Waiau Group; East Southland Group Description: Calcareous sandstone, siltstone and mudstone with local shellbeds, conglomerate, pebbly mudstone and bioclastic limestone; thin-bedded, graded sandstone and mudstone. Comments: Zealandia Megasequence Mainly Marine Sedimentary Rocks (Neogene) Lithology: Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, biogenic sediment, conglomerate, limestone Reference: Edbrooke, S.W., Heron, D.W., Forsyth, P.J., Jongens, R. (compilers). Geology Map of New Zealand 1:1 000 000. GNS Science Geological Map 2. [12] |
Burdigalian - Chattian 15.97 - 28.1 Ma ID: 1357875 | Forest Hill Formation and Castle Downs Formation (Waiau Group) Age: Cenozoic (15.97 - 28.1 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Forest Hill Formation; Castle Downs Formation Description: Sandy to bioclastic limestone with local basal conglomerate; variably glauconitic. Comments: Neogene sedimentary rocks. Age based on macro and micropaleontology Lithology: Major:: {limestone},Minor:: {sandstone} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
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Browns Lime Quarry, Browns, Southland District, Southland Region, South Island, New Zealand