Wellington Mine, Top Valley Goldfield, Marlborough Region, South Island, New Zealand
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 41° 31' 13'' South , 173° 23' 5'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -41.52037,173.38476 |
| GeoHash: | G#: rbe7c3qym |
| Locality type: | Mine |
| Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
Abandoned gold mine.
The Wellington Gold Mining Company was formed in 1899, and the following year two x 5 head stamp batteries were erected by the Top Valley Stream below the mine. Watty and Young (surnames) are mentioned as erecting the battery.
One writer at the time stated he took several specimens away after a visit to the mine, and testing produced no gold in any of them. The mine was on the Dundee Reef, trending north-west to south-east, dipping east, 1 to 3 feet wide. It is thought after prospecting, and development, the mine closed soon after it opened.
The battery site is marked from the Riverside Walk, from the Top Valley camp ground. The two 5 stamps remain, one still vertical. Also scattered around the site are two berdan pans, camshaft, large steel pullies. A tunnel is further up the hill, however no track leads to it, with thick scrub between.
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Regional Geology
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| Jurassic - Late Paleozoic 145 - 358.9 Ma ID: 3185633 | Paleozoic-Mesozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Phanerozoic (145 - 358.9 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Haast Schist Lithology: Pelitic and semipelitic schist; greenschist grade metasedimentary/metavolcanic schist Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Triassic 201.3 - 251.902 Ma ID: 1312224 | Caples Group TZIIB semischist Age: Triassic (201.3 - 251.902 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Caples Group Description: Semischistose (TZIIB) volcaniclastic sandstone, siltstone, mudstone and conglomerate; minor quartzite and metachert. Comments: Eastern Province (Caples Terrane) Rocks Lithology: Semischist, quartzite, chert 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] |
| Rhaetian - Artinskian 201.3 - 290.1 Ma ID: 1322256 | Undifferentiated Caples Terrane TZIIB semischist Age: Phanerozoic (201.3 - 290.1 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Caples Group Description: Strongly foliated and transposed sandstone and siltstone-derived semischist. Comments: Basement (Eastern Province) metamorphic rocks. Age based on absolute age calculated from stratigraphic age range Lithology: Major:: {semischist} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
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