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Waikoromumu Valley

Past Producer in New Zealand with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038199
MRDS ID M045501
Record type Site
Current site name Waikoromumu Valley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 172.6648, -40.82985 (WGS84)
Relative position 40 MILES N40W OF NELSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Zealand(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
New Zealand

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 172.6648, -40.82985
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pleistocene Channel Of Anatoki River

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years TO 1907

Mining district

District name Parapara Subdivision

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Takaka Sluicing Co.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL AU ESTIMATED TO BE 25,000 TOZ FOR 195 ACRES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 78.917HA

Comments on the workings information

  • UP TO 1907 30 ACRES MINED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, J.M., 1907, GEOL. OF PARAPARA SUBDIVISION, GEOL. SURV. N.Z. BULL. NO. 3, P. 65

  • Production

    BELL (1907)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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