RB 2017/00048 Geological Field Excursion Guide from Arkaroola to Sillers Lookout.

Published: 01 Jul 2017 Created: 15 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 May 2025

Author: Hore, S.B.;Hill, S.M.

The 4WD vehicle journey of ~22 km length from Arkaroola Village to Sillers Lookout, along the world famous Ridgetop Track, presents the opportunity to view some amazing landscapes and associated geological features that the Arkaroola Pastoral Station (Arkaroola Protection Area, 2012) has to offer. This excursion guide highlights some of the geological aspects that are readily accessible and lie close to the track along this route, and provides a generalised geological interpretation. It is by no means a highly technical or comprehensive excursion guide, but will serve as an introduction to an interesting area and its geology.

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Record No	2021d028176
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Basement Geology Biological Sciences Built Environment And Design Civil Engineering Cultural Understanding Earth Sciences Ecology Engineering Environmental Management Environmental Science And Management Environmental Sciences Geochemistry Geochronology Geology Geomatic Engineering Geomorphology And Regolith And Landscape Evolution Glaciology Historical Geology Information And Computing Sciences Isotope Geochemistry Land Use And Environmental Planning Marine Geoscience Mineral Exploration Mineral System Geology Mineralogy And Crystallography Petrology Photogrammetry And Remote Sensing Physical Geography Regional Geology Sedimentology Soil Science Stratigraphy Surface Geology Surface Processes Volcanology
Document Type	Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor	Geological Survey of South Australia;Arkaroola Education and Research Foundation Pty Ltd
Sponsor	Arkaroola Education and Research Foundation Pty Ltd
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Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province	Adelaide Geosyncline Arrowie Basin Curnamona Province Eromanga Basin Lake Eyre Basin Mount Painter Inlier
Mine Name	Mount Painter No. 6 uranium workings;Armchair uranium prospect;Streitberg uranium prospect;Turquoise uranium prospect
Stratigraphy	Blue Mine Conglomerate Humanity Seat Formation Mount Gee Sinter Mount Neill Granite Nooldoonooldoona Trondhjemite Opaminda Formation Radium Ridge Breccias Woodnamoka Phyllite Wywyana Formation
Commodity	granite industrial material
Notes	Notes: In order to present a compact excursion guide that is easily followed, the customary scientific practice of making individual reference to geological papers or abstracts has been deliberately excluded. If required, a search may be done on... Notes: In order to present a compact excursion guide that is easily followed, the customary scientific practice of making individual reference to geological papers or abstracts has been deliberately excluded. If required, a search may be done on any of the geological topics mentioned within this guide, which will provide background information by various author(s). Also, please refer to the ‘Further reading’ section at the end of the guide. Updated in 2023 for Department contacts only. Geographic Locality: North-eastern Flinders Ranges;Arkaroola Station;Arkaroola Village;Sillers Lookout;Arkaroola Ridgetop Track;Mount Painter Camp;Reginald Sprigg Monument;Split Rock Lookout Doc No: RB 2017/00048 More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2021d028176
Citation	Hore, S.B.;Hill, S.M. 2017. RB 2017/00048 Geological Field Excursion Guide from Arkaroola to Sillers Lookout. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia. https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2021d028176

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