Dairy Creek Mine, Alexandra, Central Otago District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 45° 10' 6'' South , 169° 19' 18'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -45.16841,169.32168 |
| Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
Old coal mine.
Dairy Creek is just north of Clyde. It is a rather unimportant waterway, but does have a band of coal measures running alongside most of its length. A nearby track is called Coal Pit Road.
The Dunstan and Clyde coal mines were nearby. Only names were found. Collins Toussaint Marie was noted as proprietor in 1878; A.C. Behrendt as manager 1882; and Joseph Pratt as owner in 1889. Co-ordinates are approximate.
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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| Pleistocene 0.0117 - 2.588 Ma ID: 1311145 | Early Quaternary alluvium and colluvium Age: Pleistocene (0.0117 - 2.588 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Pakihi Supergroup Description: Weathered gravel, sand, silt and mud of alluvial and colluvial origin. Comments: Zealandia Megasequence Terrestrial and Shallow Marine Sedimentary Rocks (Neogene) Lithology: Gravel, sand, silt, mud 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] |
| Zanclean - Chattian 3.6 - 28.1 Ma ID: 1363000 | Bannockburn Formation and Dunstan Formation (Manuherikia Group) Age: Cenozoic (3.6 - 28.1 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Bannockburn Formation; Dunstan Formation Description: Quartz sand and gravel with lignite seams (Dunstan), overlain by interbedded clay, silt and minor sandstone (Bannockburn); sarsen stones. Comments: Neogene sedimentary rocks. Age based on palynology Lithology: Major:: {sand},Minor:: {gravel, silt, clay, lignite} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
| Triassic - Permian 201.3 - 298.9 Ma ID: 3189657 | Paleozoic-Mesozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Phanerozoic (201.3 - 298.9 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Haast Schist Comments: Caples Terrane Lithology: Metawacke; greenschist/almandine amphibolite 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] |
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