Part I.—Geology. |
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Introduction |
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Section I.—Physical Geography |
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General description; Sounds; Lakes; Rivers; Plains, Mountains; Coast Line; comparison between the New Zealand and Swiss Alps; peculiarities in the Physical geography of Otago. |
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Section II.—Previous Observers |
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Section III.—General Geological Structure |
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Sedimentary rocks; volcanic rocks; relation between the form of the ground and geological structure; table of formations; most important points in the geology of Otago. |
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Section IV.—Descriptive Geology |
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Manipori Formation, p.
27.—Distribution; rocks; position of strata; thickness; age; eruptive rocks; minerals; nomenclature. |
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Wanaka Formation, p.
29.—Distribution; rocks; corrugations; position of strata; foliation; relation to underlying formation; thickness; eruptive rocks; minerals; nomenclature. |
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Kakanui Formation, p.
32.—Distribution; rocks; position of strata; relation to underlying formation; thickness; fossils; eruptive rocks; minerals; nomenclature. |
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Kaikoura Formation, p.
34.—Distribution; rocks; position of strata; relation to underlying formation; metamorphic action; thickness; age; fossils; contemporaneous eruptive rocks; minerals; thickness. |
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Maitai Formation, p.
37.—Distribution; rocks; position of strata; relation to underlying formation; thickness; fossils; age; contemporaneous eruptive rocks; nomenclature. |
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Putataka Formation, p.
42.—Distribution; rocks; position of strata; relation to underlying formation; thickness; fossils; age; nomenclature. |
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Waipara Formation, p.
44.—Horse Range; rocks; position of strata; fossils; thickness; Mount Hamilton; rocks; position of strata; fossils; relation to underlying formation; age; nomenclature. |
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Oamaru Formation, p.
46.—Oamaru and Waitaki; Otepopo; Shag Valley; Dunedin; Tokomairiro and Kaitangata; Lake Wakatipu; Blue Spur; Southland; Preservation Inlet; relation to underlying formation; thickness; fossils; age; contemporaneous eruptive rocks; Oamaru; Dunedin; North of Blueskin; South of Dunedin; nomenclature. |
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Pareora, Formation, p.
57.—Distribution; rocks; position of strata; relation to underlying formation; thickness; fossils; age; contemporaneous eruptive rocks; nomenclature. |
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Ancient Glacier Deposits, p.
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Wanganui Formation, p.
64. |
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Pleistocene Deposits, p.
67.—Newer glacier deposits; West Coast Sounds; Waiau Valley; Wakatipu Valley; Clutha Valley; Dunedin; shore deposits; older river deposits. |
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Recent Deposits, p.
73. |
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Section V., Historical Geology |
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Eozoic and palaeozoic eras; mesozoic era; cainozoic era; glacier period. |
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Section VI.—Surface Geology |
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Origin of the Otago Lakes; Valley of the Waitaki; Valley of the Shag River; old lake basins of the interior; Valley of the Upper Clutha; Lake Wakatipu district; Tuapeka district; Lower Taieri and Tokomairiro district; summary. |
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Section VII.—Economic Geology |
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Agricultural geology; coal; peat; lignite: brown coal; coal mining; bituminous coal; coal fields; Shag Point: Green Island and Saddle Hill; Clutha and
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unclear: Tokomairiro]; Wairaki; Orepuki; Preservation Inlet; bituminous shale; roofing slate; flagstones; building stones; materials capable of being polished; lime; materials for pottery, glass, &c.; grinding and polishing materials; gold; iron ores; copper ores; antimony ores; tungstate of lime; alum; retinite; water supply. |
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Appendix A. Bibliography |
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Appendix B. Minerals of Otago |
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Appendix C. Fauna of Otago |
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Appendix D. Altitudes of places in Otago |
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Appendix E. Analyses of rocks and minerals |
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Part II.—Gold Fields. |
Introduction |
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Auriferous Reefs |
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General geological observations; grouping of the reefs; modes of opening and exploitation of the reefs; chances of prospecting for new auriferous reefs; crushing machinery and gold-saving appliances. |
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Auriferous Drifts |
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Newer drift; older drift. |
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Other Minerals |
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Copper ore; grey antimony; cinnabar; brown coal. |
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Appendix 1. Saddle Hill. Reef |
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Appendix 2. Canada Reef, Tokomairiro |
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Appendix 3. Gabriel’s Gully Reef |
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Appendix 4. Waipori Reef |
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Appendix 5. Conroy’s Gully Reef |
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Appendix 6. Bendigo Reefs |
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Appendix 7. Carrick Range Reefs |
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Appendix 8. Arrow Reefs |
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Appendix 9. Skipper’s Creek Reefs |
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Appendix 10. Rough Ridge Reefs |
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Appendix 11. Macraes Flat Reefs |
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Appendix 12. Shag Valley Reefs |
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Appendix 13. Notes on the German Step Furnace |
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Errata.—Index of Localities; General Index. |
List of Plates.
Frontispiece—Milford Sound, looking west. |
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Plate
Ia. Mount Aspiring from the Matukituki (to face page) |
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Plate I. River Terraces of the Upper Clutha (to face page) |
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Plate II. Diagram of oscillations of level in Otago (to face page) |
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Plate III. Outlet of Lake Wanaka (to face page) |
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Plate IV. Real Mackay Coal Mine, Tokomairiro (to face page) |
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Plate V. Geological Map of Otago (to face page) |
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Plate VI. Sections I. to V. (to face page) |
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Plate VII. Sections VI. to X. (to face page) |
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Plate VIII. Gold saving appliances at Clunes (to face page) |
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Plate IX. German Treppen-rost, or Step Furnace (to face page) |
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