Appo's Flat

Past Producer in New Zealand with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103640
MRDS ID M045513
Record type Site
Current site name Appo's Flat
Alternate or previous names Corby's Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 172.66063, -40.83291 (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
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 172.66063, -40.83291

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Triangular Down Faulted Block Of Conglomerate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Parapara Subdivision

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 34.44M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, J.M., 1907, GEOL. OF PARAPARA SUBDIVISION, GEOL. SURV. N.Z., BULL. NO. 3, P. 53-54

  • Production

    BELL (1907), P. 54

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.