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Billinnooka Station, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 23° 2' 6'' South , 120° 53' 38'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal): -23.03510,120.89399
GeoHash:G#: qevuzn86f
Köppen climate type:BWh : Hot deserts climate


Several Baryte veins occur on the Billinnooka-Balfour Downs track 7 kms north-north-west of the Billinooka Homestead.


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Mesoproterozoic
1000 - 1600 Ma



ID: 3193042
Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks

Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma)

Stratigraphic Name: Bangemall Group

Comments: Bangemall Basin

Lithology: Carbonate,shale,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]

Mesoproterozoic
1000 - 1600 Ma



ID: 854765
Enacheddong Dolomite

Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma)

Stratigraphic Name: Enacheddong Dolomite

Description: Dolomite, dolarenite, shale, chert

Comments: sedimentary carbonate; argillaceous detrital sediment; synthesis of multiple published descriptions

Lithology: Sedimentary carbonate; argillaceous detrital sediment

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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Abeysinghe, P.B., Fetherston, J.M. (1997) Barite and Fluorite in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources Bulletin 17, 97p.

 
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