RB 80/00131 Tumby Bay marble quarry, County Flinders.
Published: 01 Jan 1980 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024

An abandoned quarry, 9 km NW of Tumby Bay, was mapped and surveyed. It is sited on the equivalent of the Katunga Domomite, part of the Hutchison Group of Middle Proterozoic age. The marble was isoclinally folded and metamorphosed to granulite...

An abandoned quarry, 9 km NW of Tumby Bay, was mapped and surveyed. It is sited on the equivalent of the Katunga Domomite, part of the Hutchison Group of Middle Proterozoic age. The marble was isoclinally folded and metamorphosed to granulite facies, but retrograded to greenschist facies by later metamorphism. It is suitable for exposed aggregate, but is less suitable as a sealing aggregate or carving stone owing to its medium to coarse grain size. Closely spaced jointing and colour variations exclude possible use as a building stone.

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Record No rb8000131
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Sponsor
Tenement EML 4790
Tenement Holder Boothby, E.B.
Operator
Geological Province Gawler Craton
Mine Name Boothbys Marble Quarry
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Geographic Locality: Mine Creek;Tumby Bay;Hd Hutchison, secn 288
Doc No: RB 80/00131

Geographic Locality: Mine Creek;Tumby Bay;Hd Hutchison, secn 288 Doc No: RB 80/00131

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/rb8000131
Citation Johnson, P.D. 1980. RB 80/00131 Tumby Bay marble quarry, County Flinders. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8000131

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Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[136,-34.5],[136.5,-34.5],[136.5,-34],[136,-34],[136,-34.5]]]}
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