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Christmas Terrace

Past Producer in New Zealand with commodities Gold, Platinum, Silver, Zirconium, Chromium, Titanium, Metal, Iron
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103639
MRDS ID M045504
Record type Site
Current site name Christmas Terrace
Alternate or previous names Fairdown Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 171.71478, -41.72983 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES E. OF WEST PORT
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Geographic areas

Country
New Zealand

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zirconium Tertiary
Chromium Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Resulting In Cementing Gravels And Sands

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 171.71478, -41.72983
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Controls for ore emplacement

  • Terraces

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buller-Mokihinui Subdivision

Comments on the production information

  • FROM DESCRIPTION ASSUMED TO BE SMALL PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 18.29M

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M045504

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORGAN, P.G., AND BARTRUM, J.A., 1915, BULLER-MOKIHINUI SUBDIVISION, GEOL. SURV. N.Z. BULL. NO. 17, P. 116-117

  • Production

    MORGAN AND BARTRUM (1917)

Reporter information

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