Park, J. 1909 The geology of the Queenstown subdivision, western Otago division. Wellington: Government Printer. New Zealand Geological Survey bulletin 7 112 p.
Abstract: The area forming the theme of this report embraces within its limits the high mountainous region drained by the Shotover and its large tributaries –Skipper’s, Moonlight, and Moke creeks – and by the Arrow River and its tributary the Goldburn. It extends from Macetown and the upper Arrow across the mountains to the Shotover Valley, whence it stretches westward to the sources of Skipper’s Creek near Mount Aurum, and southward to Lake Wakatipu. From Queenstown it follows the shores of Lake Wakatipu to the Twenty-five-mile Creek, and reaches across the lake to the Eyre Mountains. Included within its boundaries are the survey districts of Mid-Wakatipu, Shotover, Skipper’s Creek, and Soho. The work undertaken during the summer of 1907-8 included an investigation of the configuration and physical features of the land, special attention being paid to the evidence of former glaciation; of the rock-formations and general geological structure; of the nature and extent of the gold-bearing alluvial drifts; of the gold-bearing lodes at Macetown, Skipper’s and Arrow; and of water-supply. During the progress of the work a bathymetrical survey was made of Lake Hayes, Moke Lake, Lake Johnson, and Lake Kilpatrick; and numerous barometric altitudes were recorded, and in most cases checked by subsequent readings, in order to obtain results with a reasonable degree of accuracy. (auth)
