Non Pareil Mine, Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 37° 7' 30'' South , 175° 32' 27'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -37.12527,175.54108 |
| GeoHash: | G#: rckuf991e |
| Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
Historic gold mine. Bordered to the north by the Point Russell, south Cambria, west Caledonian, and north Moanataiari leases.
Stormy shareholder meetings were a feature of the Non Pareil Gold Mining Company in the early 1870's. At one point the company had two board of directors and two legal managers, when one chairman and set of directors refused to resign at the insistence of shareholders. Mine manager John Goldsworthy, by all accounts had managed the mine well, was dismissed for no apparent reason. The lease was eventually incorporated into the New Moanataiari.
No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Miocene 5.333 - 23.03 Ma ID: 1308094 | Coromandel Group Miocene andesite and basaltic andesite lava Age: Miocene (5.333 - 23.03 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Coromandel Group Description: Andesite and basaltic andesite lava, tuff and tuff breccia, agglomerate and pyroclastic flow deposits; andesite, diorite and dacite dikes and subvolcanic intusions. Comments: Zealandia Megasequence Extrusive and Intrusive Rocks (Neogene) Lithology: Andesite, tuffite, tuff-breccia, agglomerate, pyroclastic material, andesite, diorite, dacite Reference: Edbrooke, S.W., Heron, D.W., Forsyth, P.J., Jongens, R. (compilers). Geology Map of New Zealand 1:1 000 000. GNS Science Geological Map 2. [12] |
| Tortonian - Burdigalian 7.246 - 20.44 Ma ID: 1315860 | Kuaotunu Subgroup andesite and dacite (Coromandel Group) of Coromandel Volcanic Zone Age: Miocene (7.246 - 20.44 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Kuaotunu Subgroup Description: Basaltic andesite, andesite and dacite intrusives, flows, volcaniclastites and volcanic epiclastites. Comments: Neogene igneous rocks. Age based on K-Ar Lithology: Major:: {andesite},Minor:: {dacite} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
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