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From the three Maniototo property sales, up to $1,110,243 will to be paid to Mr Kilgour for the alluvial mining assets, with the balance of the $1.71 million used to pay trade …
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As new technologies are developed former gold mining areas are being re-opened. In the early 1990s, alluvial deposits at Island Block (near Millers Flat), and in the late 1990s at Glenore …
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Gold in Otago history and current mining operations. How did the gold get there? What is the gold cycle?
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As good as gold; Where you find it; Otago; West Coast; Coromandel Peninsula; Other goldfields; Methods of mining; Dredging; Miners; Māori and Chinese miners; Recent mining; Gold and the economy. In the 19th century …
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Figure 1. Location maps for the Waikaia placer mine and regional context for alluvial gold. A, The Otago Schist goldfield in the South Island of New Zealand.B, Hillshade topographic image of Central Otago and Eastern …
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The gold price was likely to attract new players inexperienced in running alluvial mining sites, he said. The council's latest compliance report shows five goldminers were …
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The gold rushes in Otago and the West Coast in the 1860s led to an influx of prospectors who also began searching other parts of NZ, including Thames and the Kaimai Range. ... flakes (alluvial gold) were found at Te Aroha; then a …
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Then came the big Otago rush of 1861 and ended when Waiuta closed in 1953. The principal New Zealand goldfields were Coromandel, Nelson/Marlborough, Central Otago and West Coast. The two main types of gold mine were: 'hard …
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All these areas are historic gold mining areas and alluvial gold is still commonly found. The concentration of gold does not justify commercial mining today. However, as discussed …
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In Otago there are two types of gold deposit: Hard-rock deposits, which are hosted in Otago Schist basement rocks and were formed by geological processes deep within the Earth's crust; and alluvial deposits, gold eroded from hard-rock …
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It is applying to the district council for land-use consent to establish and operate an alluvial gold-mining operation. It is seeking a five-year duration for the consent. The mine, if approved, would be a low-emissions …
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The Waikaia alluvial gold mine is hosted in a Pleistocene paleochannel that is buried beneath younger sediments beside the Waikaia River. The paleochannel sediments were derived ...
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Patearoa is an historic gold mining area on the southern edge of the Maniototo Basin. Patearoa is an historic gold mining area on the southern edge of the Maniototo Basin. Skip to ... Toggle submenu About Otago Return to previous …
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Gold eroded from veins has been concentrated in sediments in valleys, basins and coastal plains as alluvial gold deposits in all gold bearing areas of New Zealand. These are often associated …
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Gold occurs in two distinct geological settings in Otago: within quartz veins in the schist (hard-rock gold), and as detrital gold grains in gravels (alluvial gold)
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The size of claims varied among goldfields, but were usually 24 feet square (53.5 square metres). Miners often teamed up with mates to share claims and workings. Shovel, pan and cradle Gold mining was rough, physical work. …
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In Central Otago widespread alluvial gold mining began in the 1860s, while the Ohinemuri goldfield opened in the Coromandel in 1875. Most of the early activity
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Alluvial deposits were found at Taramakau River, Bruce Bay and the Grey River. The alluvial deposits were mostly worked out by the 1870s and miners looked to the quartz mines. These larger mining operations continued …
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It is seeking consent to establish and operate an alluvial gold mine in a rural resource area near Roxburgh. In separate reports, released before a two-day hearing in May, …
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the focus for alluvial gold mining operations as well as the site of the town of Macetown (Figs 3 and 4). Extensive alluvial workings were also located on the hillsides above the township, and …
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Within the wider Otago context, alluvial gold mining was a major industrial activity for over 100 years from 1861, and alluvial workings and tailings are widespread. These not only include ground sluicing tailings (other examples of herringbone …
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Hearings begin today for a proposed gold-mining operation on the edge of the Clutha River, near Millers Flat. Hawkeswood Mining Ltd has applied to the Otago Regional Council (ORC) and the Central Otago District Council …
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the gold bearing leader of the reef (Parcell 1976:126). During 1866 alluvial mining at Bendigo was declining, the easily won gold was gone and many of the miners had been drawn away to …
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Hawkeswood Mining Ltd has applied to the Otago Regional Council (ORC) and the Central Otago District Council (CODC) for consent to establish and operate an alluvial gold-mine in a rural resource area at Millers …
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These are the Martha Mine and Macreas Mine. There are many smaller alluvial mining operations throughout the country that also produce gold. Most are located within the same rich goldfields that were discovered back in …
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The early records of hydraulic elevator and bucket ladder dredging in the Clutha River system indicate the success of that era of alluvial gold mining in Otago. This paper …
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A new Central Otago alluvial gold mine is set to be a low-emissions operation, thanks to a large floating dredge and dump trucks, project proponent Hawkeswood Mining …
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The Bonanza mine, East Otago is a disused gold mine that operated during the later part of the 19th century. It is a hard rock quartz mine situated about lOkm southeast of Dunback. In the …
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