Mine detail: Round Hill-Orepuki

Previously called 'Beach Sands Westward Orepuki To Waiau RiverOrepuki GoldfieldGroveburn Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

-46.50594, 167.72493

Resource(M)

Primary:	Platinum, Gold, Palladium, Rhodium
Tertiary:	Iridium, Osmium, Iron, Zirconium, Copper
Ore:	Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite, Spinel, Zircon
Discovery year:	1888

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1880-1910

Geology

Host type:

Sand and Gravel

References

MRDS	M045512
DEP	10038207
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.