Appo's Flat

Past Producer in New Zealand with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Silver

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10103640
MRDS ID	M045513
Record type	Site
Current site name	Appo's Flat
Alternate or previous names	Corby's Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	172.66063, -40.83291 (WGS84)
Relative position	40 MILES N40W OF NELSON
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Geographic areas

Country
New Zealand

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Platinum	Secondary
Osmium	Secondary
Iridium	Secondary
Silver	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore
Garnet	Ore
Gold	Ore
Ilmenite	Ore
Magnetite	Ore
Pyrite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	172.66063, -40.83291	ListMap

Controls for ore emplacement

Triangular Down Faulted Block Of Conglomerate

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Production years	UP TO 1907

Mining district

District name	Parapara Subdivision

Workings at the site

Type of workings Surface/Underground

Overall depth 34.44M

Comments on development

ECON.COM: MINED OUT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M045513

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BELL, J.M., 1907, GEOL. OF PARAPARA SUBDIVISION, GEOL. SURV. N.Z., BULL. NO. 3, P. 53-54
Production

BELL (1907), P. 54

Reporter information

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