Carters Hill Gold Mine, Dog Rocks, Westmoreland Co., New South Wales, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 33° 43' 9'' South , 149° 38' 27'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -33.71931,149.64088 |
| KΓΆppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
A former undeground mine located approximately 4.5kms South-East of Dog Rocks.
The mine comprised of 19 shafts, plus drives, winzes, stoping, adits, and small open cuts, trenches, and pits extending over an area of 200metres x 200metres.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
7 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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This geological map and associated 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 does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Late Ordovician 443.8 - 458.4 Ma ID: 928130 | Rockley Volcanics Age: Late Ordovician (443.8 - 458.4 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Rockley Volcanics Description: Mafic volcaniclastic sandstone, chert, siltstone, breccia, conglomerate, greywacke, slate; mafic schists, andesite, peridotite, pyroxenite. Comments: feldspar- or lithic-rich arenite to rudite; sedimentary non-carbonate chemical or biochemical; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Feldspar- or lithic-rich arenite to rudite; sedimentary non-carbonate chemical or biochemical 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] |
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