Export metadata
RB 80/00034 Wallatinna opal diggings.
Published: 01 Sep 1980 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 19 Dec 2024
Author: Townsend, I.J.;Robertson, R.S.

The opal occurs 15 km S of Mintabie in both bedding plane partings and vertical joints in the Wallatinna Formation a basal unit of the Early Cambrian Observatory Hill Beds. Small quantities of precious opal were found but potential is limited.

The opal occurs 15 km S of Mintabie in both bedding plane partings and vertical joints in the Wallatinna Formation a basal unit of the Early Cambrian Observatory Hill Beds. Small quantities of precious opal were found but potential is limited.

About this record

Record No rb8000034
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement
Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province Officer Basin
Mine Name Wallatinna Opal Diggings
Stratigraphy
Commodity gemstone
Notes 
Geographic Locality: Mintabie
Doc No: RB 80/00034
Geographic Locality: Mintabie
Doc No: RB 80/00034
Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

Citations

Use constraints License
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8000034
Citation Townsend, I.J.;Robertson, R.S. 1980. RB 80/00034 Wallatinna opal diggings. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8000034

Technical information

Status
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[133,-27.5],[133.5,-27.5],[133.5,-27],[133,-27],[133,-27.5]]]}
Purpose 

                    
                    

                    
                  		
                

              
                
                

                  
                    Lineage