Curraweena Shaft, Curraweena, Cowper Co., New South Wales, Australia
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 42' 32'' South , 145° 51' 8'' East |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.70900956, 145.8524623 |
| Age: | 541 Β± 1.0 to 443.8 Β± 1.5 Ma |
| Geologic Time: | : Cambrian to Ordovician |
| Reference for age: | Byrnes, J.G. (1993) Bourke 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map (SH/55-10): Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 127p. |
A former minor underground deposit.
Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma | colluvium 38491 Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: Colluvium and/or residual deposits, sheetwash, talus, scree; boulder, gravel, sand; may include minor alluvial or sand plain deposits, local calcrete and reworked laterite Comments: regolith; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Regolith 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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