Kauaeranga Valley: Fossicking in Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato
- Minerals reported
- 3
Kauaeranga Valley is a mapped fossicking spot in Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, New Zealand. Reported finds include quartz, carnelian, agate. Below: coordinates, access notes, and nearby spots.
Plan your visit
Permission required before fossicking
- Area
- Thames-Coromandel District
- Region
- Waikato
- Nearest road
- Kauaeranga Valley Road
- Coordinates
- -37.14530, 175.59020
Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground and access before you head out.
Land & fossicking status
Permission required before fossicking
Requires landowner, operator, or agency permission before any fossicking. Do not enter without explicit authorization.
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 Kauaeranga Valley.
- Onemana BeachThames-Coromandel District, Waikato · 25 km awayAgate, Carnelian, Jasper
- Whangamata Ocean BeachThames-Coromandel District, Waikato · 26 km awayCarnelian, Agate, Jasper
- Otama BeachThames-Coromandel District, Waikato · 51 km awayJasper, Carnelian, Petrified Wood
- Amodeo BayThames-Coromandel District, Waikato · 54 km awayPetrified Wood, Chalcedony, Carnelian
- Waitete BayThames-Coromandel District, Waikato · 55 km awayCarnelian, Agate, Petrified Wood
- Colville Bay (Cabbage Bay)Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato · 60 km awayCarnelian, Agate, Chalcedony
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