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Fielders deposit, Torrington district, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 29° 15' 23'' South , 151° 38' 4'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal): -29.2563888889, 151.634444444


Located approximately 8km North-West of Torrington.
Operated as underground workings, shafts and shallow pits.

Mineral List

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.
Cenozoic0 - 66 MaCenozoic volcanic rocks

Volcanic rocks

May include hypabyssal intrusions.

Late Triassic - Early Triassic201.3 - 252.17 MaTriassic granites

Igneous felsic intrusive

Mainly felsic intrusive rocks. Range in composition from alkali feldspar granite to tonalite; includes associated rocks such as migmatite and minor gabbro and diorite.

intrusion

Permian252.17 - 298.9 Masediments 39484

Sedimentary siliciclastic

Undifferentiated clastic sediments; siltstone, mudstone, sandstone, conglomerate, minor coal, tuff, chert, limestone

sedimentary siliciclastic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions


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.


2 valid minerals.

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References

Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Grafton-Maclean Metallogenic Map (SH/56-6, SH/56-7), Geological Survey of New South Wales, 2001: HF Henley, RE Brown, JW Brownlow, RG Barnes and WJ Stroud. Published by the Geological Survey of New South Wales.

 
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