Mourquong, Wentworth Co., New South Wales, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 34° 8' 12'' South , 142° 9' 51'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -34.1365687249, 142.164172889 |
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Regional Geology
This information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This data will improve over time as more accurate maps and data sets are added.
Holocene - Middle Pleistocene0 - 0.781 Ma | Woorinen Formation Regolith Unconsolidated red-brown medium to fine silty sand, red calcareous silty clay, sandy clay, clay pellet aggregates; forms extensive dune fields with subdued crests and flakes separated by swales and sand plains regolith; synthesis of multiple published descriptions |
Holocene - Paleocene0 - 66 Ma | Cenozoic regolith Regolith Surficial or regolith units; poorly consolidated alluvial, colluvial, aeolian, lacustrine and coastal deposits; residual deposits (eg, laterite). |
Cenozoic0 - 66 Ma | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Sedimentary rocks |
References for regional geology:
Data provided by Macrostrat.org
Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia).
Raymond, O.L. (editor), Gallagher, R., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia, 1:2 500 000 scale, 2012 edition [Digital Dataset]. Geoscience Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
Geological Survey of Canada. Generalized geological map of the world and linked databases. doi:10.4095/195142. Open File 2915d.
Localities in this Region
- New South Wales
- Wentworth Co.
- Mourquong
- Wentworth Co.