Rocklea Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 22° 52' 56'' South , 117° 26' 40'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -22.88239,117.44472 |
GeoHash: | G#: qegtbd2sk |
Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
South-west of Tom Price. Near the turn-off to Paraburdoo.
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Neoarchean 2500 - 2800 Ma ID: 3191932 | Archean sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Neoarchean (2500 - 2800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Fortescue Group Comments: Hamersley Basin Lithology: Mafic volcanic rocks; conglomerate,carbonate,sandstone,shale 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] |
Neoarchean 2500 - 2800 Ma ID: 767918 | Hardey Formation Age: Neoarchean (2500 - 2800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Hardey Formation Description: Sandstone, siltstone, shale, lithic wacke, mudstone, arkose, calcareous beds, conglomerate; porphyry, porphyry breccia; quartzite; dacitic to rhyolitic lavas; quartz-feldspar-mica schist; boulder breccia; basalt; felsic pyroclastics, ultramafic lava. Comments: sedimentary; igneous volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary; igneous 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] |
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- Ashburton Shire
Three Corner Conglomerate site, Rocklea Station, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia