Blackwater Mine, Reefton, West Coast (Westland), South Island, New Zealand

Latitude: 42°5'S
Longitude: 171°51'E

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The largest producing gold mine in the Reefton goldfield. Operational from 1906 to 1951.

Refs.:
Railton, G.L. & Watters, W.A., Minerals of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Bull. #104 (1990).

http://www.oceanagold.com/index.php?type=1&id=196

Mineral List

Ankerite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Chalcopyrite

Dolomite
Galena
Gold
Magnesite
var: Ferroan Magnesite

Molybdenite
Pyrite
Quartz
Scorodite

Siderite
var: Mg-rich Siderite
Sphalerite
Vivianite

15 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.

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