Jonestones Creek, St. Bathans, Central Otago District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 44° 51' 42'' South , 169° 55' 10'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -44.86193,169.91956 |
| Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
Johnstones Creek is an ephemeral east-west stream entering Falls Dam, east of St. Bathans.
In 1896, Jim Kennedy, the son of St. Bathans police constable James Kennedy, discovered alluvial gold in quartz gravel wash, on a spur of the Hawksdun Range near Johnstones Creek.
Sixty claims were soon pegged, one hundred miners on the field, and McConnochie had constructed a water race, so the ground could be sluiced. Several parties sank shallow shafts, but apart from Kennedy's claim, who had sunk two shallow shafts, no-one found any gold.
The outcome was Kennedy worked the ground for about a year finding payable gold, but the auriferous area was small, not extending outside his 6 acres claim. The warden subsequently stated Kennedy was obtaining 50 ounces per 6 week period, from an auriferous gravel layer only 6 to 8 inches thick.
The exact location is uncertain, and the co-ordinates denote Johnstones Creek only.
Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Regional Geology
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| Jurassic - Triassic 145 - 252.17 Ma ID: 3185705 | Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Mesozoic (145 - 252.17 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Torlesse Supergroup Lithology: Mafic volcanic rocks; basalt; chert,greywacke,argillite,limestone Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Triassic - Guadalupian 201.3 - 272.3 Ma ID: 1312415 | Rakaia Terrane Permian-Triassic sedimentary rocks Age: Phanerozoic (201.3 - 272.3 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Torlesse Supergroup Description: Quartzofeldspathic sandstone and thin- to thick-bedded, graded sandstone and mudstone with minor conglomerate; local basaltic volcanic rocks, limestone and chert commonly associated with areas of deformed rock. Comments: Eastern Province (Rakaia Terrane) Rocks Lithology: Sandstone, mudstone, conglomerate, basalt, limestone, chert Reference: Edbrooke, S.W., Heron, D.W., Forsyth, P.J., Jongens, R. (compilers). Geology Map of New Zealand 1:1 000 000. GNS Science Geological Map 2. [12] |
| Olenekian - Kungurian 247.2 - 279.3 Ma ID: 1366954 | Undifferentiated Rakaia Terrane Permian sandstone and mudstone Age: Phanerozoic (247.2 - 279.3 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Torlesse Supergroup Description: Quartzofeldspathic sandstone (greywacke) interbedded with mudstone (argillite). Comments: Basement (Eastern Province) sedimentary rocks. Age based on paleontology, detrital mineral dating Lithology: Major:: {greywacke},Minor:: {argillite} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
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