| Location: | New South Wales, Australia, Oceania |
| Lat / long: | -31.11716, 149.06943 |
| dep_id: | 10023630 |
| mrds_id: | I001006 |
| Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Diatomite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Diatomite |
| gangue: | Feldspar, Quartz |
| model: | 222: Lacustrine diatomite |
| Reporter: | Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Chalk Mountain Formation;Warrumbungle Volcanic Complex |
| hrock_type: | Clay, Mud,Mudstone,Diatomite,Tuff |
| arock_type: | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff |
| Structure: | The Tertiary Sediments Are Gently Warped And At Least 1 Normal Fault (15.5 M Throw) Is Present And Predates The Overlying Basalts. |
| References: |
- Deposit:: HOLMES, G.G., STANLEY, C., AND SWEENEY, V., 1989, DIATOMITE IN NEW SOUTH WALES: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES MINERAL RESOURCES 46, 161 P
- Production:: HOLMES AND OTHERS, 1989.
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