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


Locality type:Volcanic Province
Classification
Type:Rhyolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhyolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Comboyne Volcanic Province, Port Macquarie, Macquarie Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1365308
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1365308:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rhyolite
28.7km (17.8 miles) ⓘMunga Creek Antimony Mine (Herrensmidt & Wards claim; Corangula Antimony Mine), Dudley Co., New South Wales, Australia
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘCoastal Quarry Products Quarry, Wauchope, Macquarie Co., New South Wales, Australia
54.6km (33.9 miles) ⓘKhans Creek prospect, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia
55.6km (34.6 miles) ⓘGibsons Open Cut (Gibsons Mine), Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia
73.8km (45.8 miles) ⓘFaints Scheelite Mine, Becks Point, Hillgrove, Sandon 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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