Caloola Marble Quarry (Commonwealth White Marble quarry), Cow Flat, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Caloola Marble Quarry (Commonwealth White Marble quarry) | Quarry |
| Cow Flat | Flat |
| Bathurst Co. | County |
| New South Wales | State |
| Australia | Country |
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 33° 35' 25'' South , 149° 28' 33'' East | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -33.59029,149.47589 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GeoHash: | G#: r642cmj42 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Locality type: | Quarry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate | ||||||||||||||||||
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Located approximately 4kms North-East of Caloola.
Regions containing this locality
| Australian Plate (Australia Plate) | Tectonic Plate |
| Lachlan Orogen, Australia | Orogen |
| Eastern Province, Lachlan Orogen, Australia | Geologic Province |
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| Ludlow - Wenlock 423 - 433.4 Ma ID: 748273 | Bells Creek Volcanics Age: Silurian (423 - 433.4 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Bells Creek Volcanics Description: Rhyolite, rhyolitic tuff and lava, quartz feldspar porphyry, tuffaceous sandstone, breccia; minor actinolite schist, marble Comments: igneous felsic volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous felsic volcanic Reference: 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). [5] |
| Early Silurian - Cambrian 427.4 - 541 Ma ID: 3185333 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleozoic (427.4 - 541 Ma) Comments: Lachlan Fold Belt Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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