Goldsworthy Gully, Uralla, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Goldsworthy Gully | Gully |
Uralla | Town |
Sandon Co. | County |
New South Wales | State |
Australia | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 35' 27'' South , 151° 25' 51'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.59106,151.43085 |
GeoHash: | G#: r6e9vzhd4 |
Locality type: | Gully |
Age: | 2.588 Ma to present day |
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: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
A former placer deposit worked via dredging and sluicing.
Located approximately 8kms North-West of Uralla.
Regions containing this locality
Woolomin Province, New England Orogen, Australia
Geologic Province - 428 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 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. |
β 'Sand' 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 | 'Gravel' | - | |
β | 'Sand' | - |
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 | 'Gravel' | - | |
β | 'Sand' | - |
Regional Geology
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Olenekian - Wordian 247.2 - 268.8 Ma ID: 752393 | Uralla Granodiorite Age: Phanerozoic (247.2 - 268.8 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Uralla Granodiorite Description: Equigranular medium grained hornblende-biotite granodiorite with mafic and/or porphyritic variants Comments: igneous felsic intrusive; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous felsic intrusive 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] |
Permian 251.902 - 298.9 Ma ID: 3192842 | Paleozoic intrusive rocks Age: Phanerozoic (251.902 - 298.9 Ma) Comments: New England Fold Belt Lithology: Intrusive igneous rocks 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] |
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