LIMESTONE AT TAUERU.
A GEOLOGIST'S REPORT,
In' a. report. .. which he recently made on the petroleum and mineral deposits in the Wairarapa, Mr P. <x. Morgan, M.A., Geologist, says:— The yellowish limestone near Taueru, which is said to contain 90 per cent, of carbonate of lime, is doubtless pure enough to afford material suitable for lime-making. In conjunction with the underlying mudstones it would probably afford material adapted for cement manufacture. The shell limestone ; on A w,atoitoi Station is probably not pure enough for lime or cement. Near lea calcareous rock suitable for cement-manufacture has been reported by Park, who quotes an analysis made by the Colonial .Laboratory as follows: Carbonate of lime 76.41 Carbonate of magnesia 2.84 Alumina and iron soluble ia acid 0.61 Alumina as part of clay -.. 4.19 Silica as part of clay and sand ;■.-. ;..- 14.21 Water : ' ........ 1.74 ■'l60.00:
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10191, 17 March 1911, Page 5
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142LIMESTONE AT TAUERU. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10191, 17 March 1911, Page 5
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