Klondike Mine, Omahu, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 37° 14' 28'' South , 175° 41' 35'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -37.24138,175.69307 |
| GeoHash: | G#: rckujurv3 |
| Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
Historic gold mine.
Intermittently active from 1899 to 1904 by an Auckland syndicate. George Cummings was found as one of the prospectors. C.O.G. and/or William Odlum is also mentioned in the warden's court. The syndicate was organised enough to erect a five stamp battery, and aerial tramway from the mine to the mill. When inspected in 1912, the site had long been abandoned, with several small adits still evident.
A total of 245 tonnes of ore was crushed for only 30 ounces of gold. The country rock is rhyolitic tuff, intrusive rhyolite, and dacite. This hosts small erratic seams with sparse mineralisation.
The mine was near a creek of the same name, although spelt Klondyke rather than (Bell, 1912) Klondike. This is 3 kilometres east north-east as the crow flies from Omahu on the main highway, within the ranges. The Mindat co-ordinates denote the creek only.
No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
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| Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 3187411 | Cenozoic volcanic rocks Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Lithology: Ignimbrite(s); felsic volcanic rocks; rhyolite 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] |
| Pliocene - Late Miocene 2.588 - 11.62 Ma ID: 1308439 | Whitianga Group rhyolite lava and related deposits Age: Neogene (2.588 - 11.62 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Whitianga Group Description: Rhyolite lavas and dome complexes with associated breccia and tuff; minor obsidian and intense hydrothermal alteration locally. Comments: Zealandia Megasequence Extrusive and Intrusive Rocks (Neogene) Lithology: Rhyolite, breccia, tuffite 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] |
| Piacenzian - Tortonian 2.588 - 11.62 Ma ID: 1340087 | Minden Rhyolite Subgroup (Whitianga Group) of Coromandel Volcanic Zone Age: Neogene (2.588 - 11.62 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Minden Rhyolite Subgroup Description: Rhyolite flow and dome complexes with associated breccias and tuffs. Comments: Neogene igneous rocks. Age based on K-Ar and FT Lithology: Major:: {rhyolite},Minor:: {volcanic breccia, tuff} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
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