Mining operations on Department of Conservation land Ecological areas within the Department of Conservation estate not on Schedule 4 Mine Region Mineral Method Area of mine (ha)* 1 Ruakaka Northland Sand Quarry 77 2 Te Hapua Quarry Northland Aggregate Quarry 12 3 Katikati 2 Bay of Plenty Aggregate Quarry 30 4 Te Puke Stone Bay of Plenty Andesite Quarry 28 5 Matakitaki Nelson Gold Alluvial 209 6 Mt Burnett Nelson Dolomite Quarry 9 7 Waihi Pit Waikato Gold, silver Opencast 394 8 B&M Maratoto Waikato Rock Quarry 8 9 Broken Hills Waikato Gold Hand 5 10 Tatu Mine Whanganui Coal Underground 311 11 Globe Progress West Coast Gold, silver Opencast 3041 12 Pike River West Coast Coal Underground 2401 13 Spring Creek West Coast Coal Underground 1441 14 Waimea Forest West Coast Gold Alluvial 389 15 Fox Creek West Coast Gold Alluvial 385 16 Titan West Coast Gold Alluvial 338 17 Quinns Terrace West Coast Gold Alluvial 315 18 Makawhio River West Coast Gemstones Alluvial 299 19 Echo West Coast Coal Opencast 291 20 Larrys Creek West Coast Gold Alluvial 252 21 Kapitea Creek Terraces West Coast Gold Alluvial 242 22 Giles Creek West Coast Coal Opencast 235 23 Revell Terrace West Coast Gold Alluvial 231 24 Nine Mile Creek West Coast Aggregate Quarry 222 25 Berlins Creek West Coast Coal Opencast 217 26 Hart Creek West Coast Gemstones Alluvial 169 27 Greenstone River West Coast Gold Alluvial 143 28 Eleven Mile West Coast Coal Underground 96 29 Cascade Creek West Coast Coal Opencast 76 30 Diamond Gully Mining West Coast Gold Alluvial 71 31 Kangaroo Creek West Coast Gold Alluvial 66 32 Kaniere Road West Coast Gold Alluvial 66 33 Gillespies Beach West Coast Gold Alluvial 47 34 Murchison Lime Quarry West Coast Limestone Quarry 46 35 Totara River West Coast Gold Alluvial 42 36 Greens Beach West Coast Gold Alluvial 40 Mining operations on Department of Conservation land (continued) Ecological areas within the Department of Conservation estate not on Schedule 4 Mine Region Mineral Method Area of mine (ha)* 37 Woods Creek West Coast Gold Alluvial 38 38 Waipuna Lime Quarry West Coast Limestone Quarry 36 39 Hutt Creek West Coast Coal Opencast 34 40 Stockton West Coast Coal Opencast 28 41 Nelson Creek West Coast Gold Alluvial 28 42 Paringa Pit West Coast Granite Quarry 23 43 Ross Limestone West Coast Limestone Quarry 22 44 Granville Forest West Coast Gold Alluvial 22 45 Whataroa River (1) West Coast Gold Alluvial 19 46 Bruce Bay West Coast Gold Alluvial 16 47 Rockies Opencast West Coast Coal Opencast 14 48 Mclaughlins Opencast West Coast Coal Opencast 10 49 Pahls Underground West Coast Gold Underground 10 50 Craigieburn Creek West Coast Gravel Quarry 9 51 Mitchell's Gully West Coast Ironsand Alluvial 8 52 Okuru Quarry West Coast Rock Quarry 7 53 Whataroa River (2) West Coast Gold Alluvial 6 54 13 Mile West Coast Gravel Quarry 5 55 DoC Kawerau Otago Gold Fossicking 17 56 Mcphersons Rd-earnscleugh Otago Gravel Surface excavation 7 57 Round Hill Southland Gold Opencast 243 *This is the total area in the permit but in some cases, only part of it is on conservation land.