Small stream and eluvial gravel deposits of tin and gold, mined from 1888 until 1914.
Xenotime and Fe-bearing gahnite were found in sands and gravels along the courses of Pegasus and Smith's creeks in the Port Pegasus area (Hutton 1957).
References
- Hutton, C. O. (1957): Contributions to the mineralogy of New Zealand. Part IV. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 84, 791-803. [
http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_84/rsnz_84_04_007850.pdf]
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