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Basalt from
Comboyne Volcanic Province, Port Macquarie, Macquarie Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Volcanic Province
Classification
Type:Basalt
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Basalt data
Locality Data:Click here to view Comboyne Volcanic Province, Port Macquarie, Macquarie Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1365302
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1365302:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Basalt
73.6km (45.7 miles) ⓘSmyths Mine, Becks Point, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘFaints Clay prospect, Becks Point, Hillgrove, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
78.1km (48.5 miles) ⓘGlengravel Quarry (Metz Quarry), Metz, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
79.9km (49.7 miles) ⓘEbor Volcanic Field, Fitzroy Co., New South Wales, Australia
80.3km (49.9 miles) ⓘWalcha Kaolin deposit, Walcha, Vernon Co., New South Wales, Australia
80.5km (50.0 miles) ⓘGills Sapphire deposit, Fitzroy Co., New South Wales, Australia
83.9km (52.1 miles) ⓘOrles Antimony prospect, Guy Fawkes, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia
93.9km (58.4 miles) ⓘArmidale Basalt Column Quarry, Armidale, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia
96.7km (60.1 miles) ⓘRice and party workings, Tyringham, Fitzroy Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Knutson, J. 1989. Comboyne.
McDougall, Ian, Wilkinson, J. F. G. (1967) Potassium‐argon dates on some Cainozoic volcanic rocks from Northeastern New South Wales. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 14 (2) 225-233 doi:10.1080/00167616708728660
Wellman, Peter, McDougall, Ian (1974) Potassium‐argon ages on the Cainozoic volcanic rocks of New South Wales. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 21 (3) 247-272 doi:10.1080/00167617408728849
Knutson, J., & Green, T. H. (1975). Experimental duplication of a high-pressure megacryst/cumulate assemblage in a near-saturated hawaiite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 52(2), 121-132.
Johnson, R. W. - Ed. (1989) Intraplate Volcanism in Eastern Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press.pp.124-125
 
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