Rochfort Hydraulic Sluicing Claim

Producer in New Zealand with commodities Platinum, Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038203
MRDS ID	M045507
Record type	Site
Current site name	Rochfort Hydraulic Sluicing Claim
Alternate or previous names	Mount Rochfort Sluicing Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	171.71533, -41.73039 (WGS84)
Relative position	S. OF FAIRDOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New Zealand(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
New Zealand

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Platinum Critical	Primary
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	171.71533, -41.73039	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the production information

8.5% PT IN GOLD BULLION

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045507

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MORGAN AND BARTRUM, 1915, GEOL. SURV. N.Z. BULL. NO. 17, P. 122

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.