Lady Fayre Mine, Macetown, Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 44° 50' 29'' South , 168° 46' 34'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -44.84150,168.77614 |
| Köppen climate type: | Cfc : Subpolar oceanic climate |
The Lady Fayre Company first pegged the lease in 1876. They sank a shaft, found some gold, dug a horizontal drive finding three more shoots, and commenced crushing ore at the public battery, and later the Marlborough battery.
In 1881, they constructed a double gravitational tramway from the tunnel to Sawyers Valley, then ore was carted by horse dray to the mill. The mine was abandoned when the easily won quartz was exhausted.
(Petchey, 2002), marks the mine half-way up the side of a valley, south-east of the confluence of Sawyers Gully with Rich Burn. Co-ordinates approximate.
Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Regional Geology
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| Toarcian - Olenekian 174.1 - 251.2 Ma ID: 1328591 | Aspiring lithologic association TZIV pelitic schist (Rakaia Terrane) Age: Mesozoic (174.1 - 251.2 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Aspiring Lithologic Association Description: Very well segregated and laminated; abundant pelitic and subordinate psammitic greyschist; minor greenschist and metachert; TZIV. Comments: Basement (Eastern Province) metamorphic rocks. Age based on lithological inference, detrital zircon U-Pb dates elsewhere Lithology: Major:: {pelite},Minor:: {greenschist, schist, metachert, marble} 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] |
| Triassic - Permian 201.3 - 298.9 Ma ID: 1309452 | Aspiring lithologic association Permian-Triassic TZIV schist Age: Phanerozoic (201.3 - 298.9 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Torlesse Supergroup Description: Pelitic and subordinate psammitic schist (TZIV); including areas and bands of greenschist or amphibolite, and minor marble, metachert and serpentinised ultramafics. Comments: Eastern Province (Rakaia Terrane) Rocks Lithology: Schist, greenschist, amphibolite, marble, metachert, ultramafic igneous rock 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] |
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