Australia Mine, Waitekauri, Hauraki District, Waikato Region, New Zealandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Australia Mine | Mine |
| Waitekauri | - not defined - |
| Hauraki District | District |
| Waikato Region | Region |
| New Zealand | Country |
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Waihi | 4,619 (2011) | 6.4km |
| Paeroa | 3,994 (2011) | 8.8km |
| Waihi Beach | 2,014 (2011) | 15.2km |
| Athenree | 563 (2011) | 16.1km |
| Katikati | 3,232 (2011) | 22.4km |
Historic gold mine.
In 1888, prospectors Chappell, Lockwood and McGuire (surnames) erected a ten stamp battery at the site on the Mangakara Stream, intent on crushing quartz boulders from the nearby Scotia Gully. This was clearly done before an extensive investigation of the gold values, as the initial 200 tonnes of ore crushed amounted to a whole 3.5 ounces of gold. Operations were quickly abandoned.
The on-line reference (www.ohinemuri) also notes Elliots Tunnel, 0.5 kilometres upstream from the battery, stoped in 1902. Both are most likely now lost localities, and the Mindat co-ordinates only denote the upper Mangakara Stream, and are therefore very approximate.
Regions containing this locality
| Pacific Ocean | Ocean |
| Australian Plate (Australia Plate) | Tectonic Plate |
| North Island, New Zealand | Island |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 3187411 | Cenozoic volcanic rocks Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Lithology: Ignimbrite(s); felsic volcanic rocks; rhyolite 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] |
| Miocene 5.333 - 23.03 Ma ID: 1308094 | Coromandel Group Miocene andesite and basaltic andesite lava Age: Miocene (5.333 - 23.03 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Coromandel Group Description: Andesite and basaltic andesite lava, tuff and tuff breccia, agglomerate and pyroclastic flow deposits; andesite, diorite and dacite dikes and subvolcanic intusions. Comments: Zealandia Megasequence Extrusive and Intrusive Rocks (Neogene) Lithology: Andesite, tuffite, tuff-breccia, agglomerate, pyroclastic material, andesite, diorite, dacite 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] |
| Messinian - Tortonian 5.333 - 11.62 Ma ID: 1314885 | Waiwawa Subgroup andesite and dacite (Coromandel Group) of Coromandel Volcanic Zone Age: Miocene (5.333 - 11.62 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Waiwawa Subgroup Description: Andesite, dacite and rhyodacite flows and domes with intercalated tuff, tuff breccia and volcaniclastic sediments. Local, non--welded, dacitic, pumice-rich ignimbrite. Comments: Neogene igneous rocks. Age based on K-Ar Lithology: Major:: {andesite},Minor:: {dacite, rhyodacite, tuff, breccia} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
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