Rookery Fireclay Deposit, The Rookery, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Rookery Fireclay Deposit | Deposit |
The Rookery | - not defined - |
Robinson Co. | County |
New South Wales | State |
Australia | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 31° 42' 44'' South , 146° 4' 39'' East | |||||||||
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -31.71233,146.07757 | |||||||||
GeoHash: | G#: r4rgs4fqq | |||||||||
Locality type: | Deposit | |||||||||
Köppen climate type: | BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate | |||||||||
Nearest Settlements: |
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A small open cut quarry. Materials used for brick making - particularly fire bricks for the Great Cobar smelters.
Regions containing this locality
Australian Plate (Australia Plate) | Tectonic Plate |
Lachlan Orogen, Australia | Orogen |
Central NSW - Omeo Province, Lachlan Orogen, Australia | Geologic Province |
Kopyje Shelf, New South Wales, Australia |
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsMineral List
1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Reference: Gilligan, L.B., Byrnes, J.G. (1995) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Cobar Metallogenic Map 1:250 000 (SH/55-14), Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 240 pages. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
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ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Unclassified Minerals, Mixtures, etc. | |||
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ⓘ | Kaolinite | - | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Regional Geology
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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Lochkovian - Pridoli 410.8 - 423 Ma ID: 733024 | Meryula Formation Age: Paleozoic (410.8 - 423 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Meryula Formation Description: Siltstone and minor fine-grained quartzose sandstone, interbedded with occasional biohermal and biostromal limestone and felsic tuffs; coarse quartz-lithic sandstone and conglomerate at base 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 Silurian - Cambrian 427.4 - 541 Ma ID: 3185333 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleozoic (427.4 - 541 Ma) Comments: Lachlan Fold Belt Lithology: Sedimentary 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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