Dolomite from high on the hill Quarrying Mining Magazine
Dolomite rock has also been supplied for the Seaview Marina in Petone and for constructing a flood protection wall along a part of the Hutt River in Lower Hutt. Merv estimates there are still millions of tonnes of dolomite to mine from the seam high on the Wakamarama Range, which runs to a depth of 280 metres and is approximately 450 metres long.