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Nine Mile lode 1 (McCowans lode), Torrington district, Gough Co., New South Wales, Australia

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): 29° 20' 13'' South , 151° 36' 20'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal): -29.33694,151.60556
GeoHash:G#: r6gc1g7gc
Locality type:Lode
KΓΆppen climate type:Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate


Located approximately 8kms Sout-West of Torrington and 12 km North of Emmaville
Operated as open cut and shallow pits.


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Triassic
201.3 - 252.17 Ma



ID: 3191913
Mesozoic intrusive rocks

Age: Triassic (201.3 - 252.17 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]

Anisian - Induan
242 - 252.17 Ma



ID: 693070
Mole Granite

Age: Triassic (242 - 252.17 Ma)

Stratigraphic Name: Mole Granite

Description: Coarse to very coarse grained seriate leucocratic granite and minor microleucogranite. Marginal porphyritic leucogranite and microgranite; greisen.

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]

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Barnes R.G., Brown R.E., Brownlow J.W., Henley H.F., and Stroud W.J. (2001) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Grafton-Maclean Metallogenic Map (SH/56-6, SH/56-7). Published by the Geological Survey of New South Wales.

 
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