Boambee Clay pit, Raleigh Co., New South Wales, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Boambee Clay pit | Pit (Reclaimed) |
Raleigh Co. | County |
New South Wales | State |
Australia | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 30° 20' 12'' South , 153° 4' 48'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -30.33683,153.08015 |
GeoHash: | G#: r6sg7mme4 |
Locality type: | Pit (Reclaimed) |
Age: | 2.588 Ma to present day |
Geologic Time: | Quaternary |
Reference for age: | Gilligan, L.B., Brownlow, J.W., Cameron, R.G., Henley, H.F. (1992) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Dorrigo-Coffs Harbour 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map SH/56-10, SH/56-11. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 509 pages. |
Köppen climate type: | Cfa : Humid subtropical climate |
A former brick pit now rehabilitated.
Regions containing this locality
Coffs Harbour Province, New England Orogen, Australia
Geologic Province - 166 mineral species & varietal names listed
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Regional Geology
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Holocene 0 - 0.0117 Ma ID: 834955 | alluvium 38485 Age: Anthropocene (0 - 0.0117 Ma) Description: Channel and flood plain alluvium; gravel, sand, silt, clay; may be locally calcreted Comments: regolith; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Regolith 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] |
Mississippian - Late Devonian 323.2 - 382.7 Ma ID: 3189381 | Paleozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Paleozoic (323.2 - 382.7 Ma) Comments: New England Fold Belt Lithology: Shale,schist,chert,phyllite,greywacke,limestone,volcanigenic siltstone 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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