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Taipo Gorge Reef

Producer in New Zealand with commodities Platinum, Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109548
MRDS ID M045509
Record type Site
Current site name Taipo Gorge Reef

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 171.26614, -42.73929 (WGS84)
Relative position ON TAIPO RIVER TRIBUTARY OF TARAMAKAU RIVER, 14 MILES E. OF HOKITIKA, NEAR ROCKY CREEK

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
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 171.26614, -42.73929
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID
    Strike N13E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENSOID IN VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, J.M., 1906, GEOL. OF HOKITIDA SHEET, GEOL. SURV. N.Z. BULL., NO. 1, P. 50

Reporter information

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

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

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