Glen Gyle and Hit-Or-Miss Claim

Past Producer in New Zealand with commodities Gold, Platinum, 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038206
MRDS ID M045511
Record type Site
Current site name Glen Gyle and Hit-Or-Miss Claim
Alternate or previous names Glen Gyle Gully

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
Iridium Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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) 172.6648, -40.82985

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Conglomerate Filling Structual Break

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Parapara Subdivision

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL AU PRODUCTION 20,000 N.Z. POUNDS OR APPROX. 6600 TOZ

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINED OUT

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

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.