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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 66

Lead Ores

page 50

Lead Ores.

Lead occurs as galena in the District of Nelson, at Rangitoto Mountain, in Westland, and also at the Thames Goldfield. It invariably contains silver to a considerable amount. The following localities may be mentioned :—

Galena from Bedstead Gully, Collingwood.

Galena and zinc-blende from Parapara Valley.

Argentiferous lead ore from Richmond Hill, Parapara; value £50 per ton.

Galena, Wangapeka, Nelson. Sulphide of lead, with quartz that contains also sulphides of iron, and antimony with gold, in veins in felspathic schist. The galena contains 26oz. of silver per ton, while the gold is only in those parts of the ore that contain iron-pyrites.

Galena with zinc-blende, Perseverance Mine, Collingwood, Nelson, Occurs in a band, 2ft. to oft. thick, parallel with auriferous quartz veins; the galena and blende are both pure, but so intermixed in the lode that they could not be reduced separately.

Argentiferous galena is also a common associate with the auriferous lodes of the Cape Colville Peninsula and Te Aroha districts.