A borehole survey Of ilemite‐bearing beach sands at Cape Foulwind, Westport

Summary Posthole boring of dune sands on Nine Mile Beach, south of Cape Foulwind, Westport, shows that the surface sand to a depth of 20 ft contains an average of 5.50% of magnetically recoverable ilmenite. Boring of dunes covering approximately half of Nine Mile Beach, has proved more than one million tons of ilmenite in sands above groundwater level. This represents only a small fraction of the total ilmenite present, above and below groundwater level, over the full extent of Nine Mile Beach.