Mulga King, Yanda Co., New South Wales, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 48' 22'' South , 145° 38' 28'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.80621537, 145.6412111 |
Age: | 541 ± 1.0 to 443.8 ± 1.5 Ma |
Geologic Time: | : Cambrian to Ordovician |
Reference for age: | Byrnes, J.G. (1993) Bourke 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map (SH/55-10): Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 127p. |
A former small underground gold mine.
Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Late Ordovician - Early Ordovician 443.8 - 485.4 Ma | Girilambone Group Age: Ordovician (443.8 - 485.4 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Girilambone Group Description: Deformed and metamorphosed, micaceous, quartzose and quartz-lithic sandstone, pelite, chert; minor intercalations of polymictic conglomerate, siltstone, quartzite, and mafic and intermediate volcanics. Comments: metasedimentary siliciclastic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Metasedimentary 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] |
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