Mount Tinda, Cunningham Co., New South Wales, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 32° 38' 5'' South , 146° 48' 8'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -32.63477,146.80238 |
Age: | 443.8 ± 1.5 to 419.2 ± 3.2 Ma |
Geologic Time: | Silurian |
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 minor underground mine with shafts. Worked late 1890s.
Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Silurian 419.2 - 443.8 Ma ID: 783003 | Erimeran Granite Age: Silurian (419.2 - 443.8 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Erimeran Granite Description: Medium to coarse-grained, porphyritic, cordierite-muscovite-biotite granite, microgranite, monzogranite and micromonzogranite; lesser equigranular, medium-grained, porphyritic muscovite-biotite granite and microgranite; minor foliated, coarse-grained bio 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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