Old Willaroi Creek alluvials, Nandewar Co., New South Wales, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Old Willaroi Creek alluvials | Alluvials |
Nandewar Co. | County |
New South Wales | State |
Australia | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 24' 44'' South , 150° 18' 40'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.41229,150.31112 |
GeoHash: | G#: r6dfurt5w |
Locality type: | Alluvials |
Age: | 2.588 to Ma |
Geologic Time: | Quaternary |
Reference for age: | Brown, R.E., Brownlow, J.W., Krynen, J.P. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, Manilla-Narrabri 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-9, SH/55-12. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 319 pages. |
KΓΆppen climate type: | Cfa : Humid subtropical climate |
A former small alluvial deposit worked 1931.
Regions containing this locality
Eastern Province, Lachlan Orogen, Australia
Geologic Province - 534 mineral species & varietal names listed
Tamworth Province, New England Orogen, Australia
Geologic Province - 114 mineral species & varietal names listed
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1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
β 'Conglomerate' Reference: Brown, R.E., Brownlow, J.W., Krynen, J.P. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, Manilla-Narrabri 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-9, SH/55-12. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 319 pages. |
β Gold Formula: Au Reference: Brown, R.E., Brownlow, J.W., Krynen, J.P. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, Manilla-Narrabri 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-9, SH/55-12. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 319 pages. |
β 'Gravel' Reference: Brown, R.E., Brownlow, J.W., Krynen, J.P. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets, Manilla-Narrabri 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-9, SH/55-12. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 319 pages. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | 'Gold' | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'Conglomerate' | - | |
β | 'Gravel' | - |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
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Metals, other than the Platinum Group | |||
β | Gold | 1.1.1.1 | Au |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'Conglomerate' | - | |
β | 'Gravel' | - |
Regional Geology
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Tertiary 2.588 - 66 Ma ID: 3186891 | Cenozoic volcanic rocks Age: Cenozoic (2.588 - 66 Ma) Comments: East Australia Cainozoic Volcanic Belt Lithology: Mafic volcanic rocks; basalt 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] |
Bashkirian - Serpukhovian 315.2 - 330.9 Ma ID: 925725 | Clifden Formation Age: Carboniferous (315.2 - 330.9 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Clifden Formation Description: Cross bedded coarse grained fluvial feldspathic and lithic sandstone, subordinate orthoconglomerate, mudstone, carbonaceous shale, rhyodacitic ash flow vitric tuff Comments: sedimentary siliciclastic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary siliciclastic 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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