Burning Mountain, Wingen, Brisbane Co., New South Wales, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
---|---|
Burning Mountain | Mountain |
Wingen | - not defined - |
Brisbane Co. | County |
New South Wales | State |
Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 52' 9'' South , 150° 53' 58'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Blandford | 120 (2013) | 9.4km |
Parkville | 718 (2013) | 12.9km |
Murrurundi | 805 (2012) | 13.1km |
Gundy | 355 (2013) | 19.0km |
Kars Springs | 252 (2018) | 31.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
211033
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:211033:5
GUID (UUID V4):
8df5adef-542d-40c8-98e3-fbf47c3bdaa3
Naturally combusting coal seam running underground through a sandstone.
Burning Mountain is contained in a Nature Reserve administered by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
The fire is moving in a generally southerly direction at a rate of about one metre per year. The ‘burnt-out’ zone extends north-easterly for at least 6.5 kilometres from the present zone of burning at Burning Mountain. Thus, if the coal has burned in the past at the current rate, then the fire started probably at most about 6,000 years ago.
Similar rocks occur at Ravensworth, 45 km S of Wingen.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cristobalite Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Halloysite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
ⓘ Tridymite Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Tridymite | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | Cristobalite | 4.DA.15 | SiO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Halloysite | 9.ED.10 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
---|---|---|
H | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Cristobalite | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
O | ⓘ Tridymite | SiO2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Cristobalite | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | ⓘ Tridymite | SiO2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Great Dividing RangeMountain Range
- Lachlan OrogenOrogen
- Eastern ProvinceGeologic Province
- New England OrogenOrogen
- Tamworth ProvinceGeologic Province
- New South Wales
- Durham Co.
- Hunter ValleyValley
- Gunnedah BasinBasin
- Durham Co.
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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