Limestone Valley Prospect, Cargo, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 33° 29' 30'' South , 148° 45' 58'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -33.49167,148.76623 |
A former underground mine with shafts, located approximately 9kms South-south-west of Cargo.
The deposit was mined for phosphatic clay and was used for flux at the nearby Lithgow steel works.
Mineral List
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This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Katian - Sandbian 445.2 - 458.4 Ma | Barrajin Group Age: Late Ordovician (445.2 - 458.4 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Barrajin Group Description: Bedded to massive limestone, marl, calcareous sediments; minor tuffaceous sandstone, shale, potassic lava. Comments: sedimentary carbonate; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Sedimentary carbonate 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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