Lone Star Mine, Reefton, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Lone Star Mine | Mine |
| Reefton | Town |
| Buller District | District |
| West Coast Region | Region |
| New Zealand | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 4' 56'' South , 171° 56' 0'' East
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Only minor gold was ever found at the Lone Star Mine, development work conducted from 1886 to 1894. The lode was discovered by William Heaphy and John McCaffrey, in 1885, who also controlled half the 24 000 shares of the subsequent company floated, the Lone Star Gold Mining Company Limited.
A journalist who visited around the same time stated the reef was 3 feet thick, on which a winze had been sunk to 32 feet, and the lode driven along for 50 feet. It had further been trenched along the surface for 100 feet, and 40 tonnes of stone stacked for processing at the Specimen Hill battery. A tunnel is also reported separately. An aerial cableway was installed in 1889 to the Just In Time battery.
Shortly after another lode was found to the south, and activity switched to this with the sinking of a winze. A mullocky lode was driven on, without result.
Despite the large number of locations under Reefton, Mindat only lists the most major mines. For example along the one kilometre long Lone Star line of lode from the north were the Homeward Bound, Eureka, Welcome, Hopeful, Fiery Cross, Walhalla, Just In Time, Reform, South Hopeful, Chicago, Multum In Parvo, Lone Star, Britannia, Britannia Extended claims, as well as several other smaller leases which were soon wound up. Of these the Welcome, Hopeful, Fiery Cross, and Just In Time were the only leases to provide significant dividends to shareholders.
The Lone Star mine site is several hundred metres south of the Just In Time Mine, on a minor tributary off Boatmans Creek. The area can be accessed along the Kirwans Track, which starts at the end of Boatmans Road, off State Highway 69. There appears no clear access to the Lone Star site itself.
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- Buller TerraneAccretionary Complex
New Zealand
- South IslandIsland
- Southern AlpsMountain Range
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