New Creek Gold Fossicking Area: Fossicking in Tasman District, Tasman
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New Creek Gold Fossicking Area is a mapped fossicking spot in Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand. Reported finds include gold. Below: coordinates, access notes, and nearby spots.
About New Creek Gold Fossicking Area
New Creek drains the Howard goldfields beside the Glenhope Scenic Reserve, and its upper reaches were intensively worked during the Depression, when good gold was found although the small creek often ran too dry to work over summer. DOC describes it as the least modified and most beautiful part of the Howard field, with grassy clearings marking old hut sites among the regrown forest. Access is from State Highway 63 up Howard Valley Road for about 5 km, then along Porika Road, a 4WD route toward Lake Rotoroa with marked track signs down to the creek. Fossicking is confined to the creek bed using non-mechanised hand tools, with sluice boxes limited to 1.5 m.
Plan your visit
Generally open to casual fossicking
- Area
- Tasman District
- Region
- Tasman
- Nearest road
- Howard Valley Road
- Coordinates
- -41.77300, 172.65500
Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground and access before you head out.
Land & fossicking status
Generally open to casual fossicking
Public-tagged New Zealand spots are usually designated public gold fossicking areas under the Crown Minerals Act or beaches where casual collecting of loose stones is accepted. Hand tools only, and check local conditions before you dig.
Stay inside public fossicking areas for gold panning, use hand tools only, and treat DOC reserves and national parks as closed to collecting. Pounamu (greenstone) in the South Island is owned by Ngai Tahu, and collecting it is prohibited apart from a limited beach find you can carry out by hand in one trip.
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Nearby fossicking spots
Other fossicking spots in New Zealand within driving distance of New Creek Gold Fossicking Area.
- Louis Creek Gold Fossicking AreaTasman District, Tasman · 1 km awayGold
- Lyell Creek Gold Fossicking AreaBuller District, West Coast · 50 km awayGold
- Stony and Britannia Streams Gold Fossicking AreaBuller District, West Coast · 70 km awayGold
- Slab Hut Creek Gold Fossicking AreaBuller District, West Coast · 83 km awayGold
- Wakamarina River Gold Fossicking AreaMarlborough District, Marlborough · 90 km awayGold
- Aorere River Gold Fossicking AreaTasman District, Tasman · 113 km awayGold
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