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Otago, Clutha River
South Island, New Zealand
Main commodities: Au




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1995.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Craw D, Youngson J H, Koons P O  1999 - Gold dispersal and placer formation in an active oblique collisional mountain belt, Southern Alps, New Zealand: in    Econ. Geol.   v94 pp 605-614
Pitcairn I K, Teagle D A H, Craw D, Olivo G R, Kerrich R and Brewer T S,   2006 - Sources of Metals and Fluids in Orogenic Gold Deposits: Insights from the Otago and Alpine Schists, New Zealand : in    Econ. Geol.   v101 pp 1525-1546
Scanlan, E.J., Scott, J.M., Wilson, V.J., Stirling, C.H., Reid, M.R. and Le Roux, P.J.,   2018 - In Situ 87Sr/86Sr of Scheelite and Calcite Reveals Proximal and Distal Fluid-Rock Interaction During Orogenic W-Au Mineralization, Otago Schist, New Zealand : in    Econ. Geol.   v.113, pp. 1571-1586.
Sibson R H and Scott J  1998 - Stress/fault controls on the containment and release of overpressured fluids: Examples from gold-quartz vein systems in Juneau, Alaska; Victoria, Australia and Otago, New Zealand: in    Ore Geology Reviews   v13 pp 293-306
Youngson J H, Craw D  1999 - Variation in placer style, Gold morphology, and Gold particle behavior down gravel bed-load rivers: an example from the Shotover/Arrow-Kawarau-Clutha River system, Otago, New Zealand: in    Econ. Geol.   v94 pp 615-634
Youngson J H, Craw D  1995 - Evolution of placer gold deposits during regional uplift, central Otago, New Zealand: in    Econ. Geol.   v90 pp 731-745


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