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Golden Cross Mine

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Coordinates: 37°20′32″S 175°46′27″E / 37.342321°S 175.774284°E / -37.342321; 175.774284
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The Golden Cross mine was a gold and silver mine in the Waitekauri Valley near Waihi at the base of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. It first operated as an underground gold mine from 1895 to 1920. Then gold and silver were mined by underground and open pit methods from 1991 to 1998.[1]


See also

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Kit; Richard Barker. "Green from gold: The rehabilitation of Golden Cross". New Zealand Minerals Industry Association. Retrieved 20 November 2010.

Further reading

  • Thompson, Bruce; Brathwaite, Bob; Christie, Tony (1995). Mineral Wealth of New Zealand. NZ: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Science. ISBN 0-478-08835-3.

37°20′32″S 175°46′27″E / 37.342321°S 175.774284°E / -37.342321; 175.774284

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