Jericho, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 37° 39' South , 146° 17' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -37.65, 146.283333333 |
A former mining township at the junction of the Jordan River and B B Creek where gold was discovered in about 1861.
Mineral List
Regional Geology
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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Devonian 358.9 - 419.2 Ma | Norton Gully Formation, Yeringberg Formation Age: Devonian (358.9 - 419.2 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Norton Gully Formation, Yeringberg Formation Description: Marine turbiditic sandstone, siltstone, mudstone; minor conglomerate, diamictite 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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Jericho, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia