Mine detail: Round Hill-Orepuki

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

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Location: New Zealand, Oceania
Lat / long: -46.50594, 167.72493
dep_id: 10038207
mrds_id: M045512
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Platinum, Gold, Palladium, Rhodium
Trace mineral: Iridium, Osmium, Iron, Zirconium, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite, Spinel, Zircon
work_type: Surface
conc_proc: May Have Originated From Serpentine At Head Waters Of Waiau River
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_type: Sand and Gravel
disc_yr: 1888
prod_yrs: 1880-1910
discr: Miner
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
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