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Round Hill-Orepuki

Past Producer in New Zealand with commodities Platinum, Gold, Palladium, Rhodium, Copper, Iridium, Osmium, Iron, Zirconium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038207
MRDS ID M045512
Record type Site
Current site name Round Hill-Orepuki
Alternate or previous names Beach Sands Westward Orepuki To Waiau River, Orepuki Goldfield, Groveburn Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 167.72493, -46.50594 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Relative position N. OF FOVEAUX STRAIT, 30 MILES W. OF INVERCARGILL; E. OF OREPUKI

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
Palladium Critical Primary
Rhodium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Spinel Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result MERTIE (1969) GIVES AN ANALYSIS OF CONCENTRATE-74.61 PT, 1.30 IR, 1.36 PD, 3.52 RH, 0.39 AU, 5.08 CU, 0.15 CU, 14.32 IR+OS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 167.72493, -46.50594
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • REG.COM: FARQUHARSON CONTAINS A GEOLOGIC SKETCH MAP AT SCALE 8 MILES TO THE INCH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Discoverer Miner
Production years 1880-1910

Mining district

District name Round Hill Platinum And Gold District

Comments on the production information

  • PT = TOTAL PT METALS; AU ASSUMES 2000 OZ/YR 1898-1910; ONEILL AND GUNNING (1936) SUGGEST 20 OZ/YR PT 1910-1934 OR 480 OZ; 1 OZ PT FOR 100 OZ AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 13.355HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SIZE TO 1898

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTING FOR PLACER GOLD FOUND PT AT MOUTH OF WAIAU RIVER

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0737 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARQUHARSON, R.A., 1910, THE PLATINUM GRAVELS OF OREPUKI, TRANS. N. ZEALAND INST., V. 43, P. 448-482

  • Deposit

    MORGAN, P.G., 1927, MINERALS AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES OF NEW ZEALAND, NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH, BULL. 32, P. 110

  • Deposit

    PARK, JAMES, 1921, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WESTERN SOUTHLAND, NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 23, P. 54

  • Deposit

    HENDERSON, J., 1923, GOLD AND PLATINUM IN THE OREPUKI DISTRICT, N.Z. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, ANN. REPT. 17TH, P. 13

  • Production

    FARQUHARSON, 1910, P. 470

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES BOTH BEACHES AND ALLUVIAL GRAVELS NEAR ROUND HILL AND OREPUKI, FROM FOVEAUX ST. TO COLAC BAY. COASTAL PLAIN

Reporter information

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

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