Macleay River alluvials, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australiai
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Macleay River alluvials | Alluvial Deposit (Inactive) |
Clarke Co. | County |
New South Wales | State |
Australia | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 50' 47'' South , 152° 4' 43'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.84639,152.07870 |
GeoHash: | G#: r6s0s8s6d |
Locality type: | Alluvial Deposit (Inactive) |
Deposit first discovered: | Before 1983 |
Age: | 2.588 Ma to present day |
Geologic Time: | Quaternary |
Reference for age: | Gilligan, L.B., Brownlow, J.W., Cameron, R.G., Henley, H.F. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Dorrigo-Coffs Harbour 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-10, SH/56-11. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 509 pages. |
KΓΆppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
An alluvial deposit.
Regions containing this locality
Nambucca Province, New England Orogen, Australia
Geologic Province - 196 mineral species & varietal names listed
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β 'Gravel' Reference: Gilligan, L.B., Brownlow, J.W., Cameron, R.G., Henley, H.F. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Dorrigo-Coffs Harbour 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-10, SH/56-11. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 509 pages. |
β 'Sand' Reference: Gilligan, L.B., Brownlow, J.W., Cameron, R.G., Henley, H.F. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Dorrigo-Coffs Harbour 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-10, SH/56-11. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 509 pages. |
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List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
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Regional Geology
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Permian 251.902 - 298.9 Ma ID: 929963 | Parrabel beds Age: Phanerozoic (251.902 - 298.9 Ma) Description: Diamictite, paraconglomerate, conglomerate, lithic sandstone, mudstone, limestone, metabasalt and minor vitric tuff. 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] |
Early Permian 272.95 - 298.9 Ma ID: 3186666 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Cisuralian (272.95 - 298.9 Ma) Comments: New England Fold Belt Lithology: Limestone,mudstone,tillite,siltstone,sandstone 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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