The Roding River is a river of the
Tasman Region of
New Zealand's
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
. It flows generally southwest from its sources in the hills above the city of
Nelson, reaching the
Wairoa River five kilometres south of
Richmond. The rock type
Rodingite is named after the Roding River.
The catchment has numerous mine sites and shafts which attempted to make the
copper and
chromite
Chromite is a crystalline mineral composed primarily of iron(II) oxide and chromium(III) oxide compounds. It can be represented by the chemical formula of FeCr2O4. It is an oxide mineral belonging to the spinel group. The element magnesium can s ...
deposites in the
Dun Mountain Ophiolite Belt profertable in the late 19th century.
See also
*
List of rivers of New Zealand
References
Sources
Rivers of the Tasman District
Geography of Nelson, New Zealand
Rivers of New Zealand
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