Latitude: 17°30'24"S
Longitude: 177°51'12"E
Gold (+silver) mine. Epithermal vein deposits within the Tavua Caldera. Opened 1933. Located at the northern tip of the main Island of Viti Levu, in the Nakaudavadra Mountaisn about 100Km NW of Suva and 8 km inland from the coast (Smith et al. 2008)
The mine has over the years has sparingly produced some exceptional specimens of various gold tellurides. The geology appears to be similar to that of Cripple Creek. When Rock Currier visited the mine in 1973, walking and sliding down through the stopes he saw a number of refrigerator size open pockets lined with pyramidal quartz crystals with no other obvious mineralization. He got some specimens from the mine office and had the distinct feeling that over the years that if someone had been looking for specimens, a great many would have been found.
[Rock Currier 2012]
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References
- (in part): Mining Annual Review 91985): 379;
- Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990.
- Smith, B.; Smith, C. & Wilson, W. E. (2008): The Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Viti Levu, Fiji. Mineralogical Record 39: 397-301
- Mineralogy and Petrology (2003) 79: 285–307 DOI 10.1007/s00710-003-0013-5
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