Yellow Mountain Mines, Cunningham Co., New South Wales, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 32° 27' 40'' South , 146° 49' 20'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -32.46114,146.82244 |
Age: | At least 419.2 ± 3.2 Ma |
Geologic Time: | Early Devonian |
Reference for age: | Gilligan, L.B., Suppel, D.W. (1993) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Nymagee 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map (SI/55-2). Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 171 pages. |
Köppen climate type: | BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate |
A former underground mine worked via shafts, open cut and shallow pits.
Operated 1898 to 1903.
Mineral List
13 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Pragian - Lochkovian 407.6 - 419.2 Ma ID: 901094 | Majuba Volcanics Age: Early Devonian (407.6 - 419.2 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Majuba Volcanics Description: Rhyolitic crystal-lithic and lithic-crystal tuff and vitric tuff, with subordinate volcanic breccia, rhyolite and dacite lava (S-type). Minor siltstone and fine sandstone, partly tuffaceous Comments: igneous felsic volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous felsic volcanic 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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References
Gilligan, L.B., Suppel, D.W. (1993) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Nymagee 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map (SI/55-2). Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 171 pages.