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RB 87/00132 Lithological factors influencing the quality of Gambier Limestone as a building material.
Published: 01 Nov 1987 Created: 07 Nov 2024 Revised: 07 Nov 2024
Author: Farrand, M.G.;Flint, D.J.

The Marte area, 10 km west of Mount Gambier is the largest producer of building limestone in Australia. Massive calcarenite of Gambier Limestone of late Eocene to early Miocene age has been extensively modified by subsequent groundwater movement...

The Marte area, 10 km west of Mount Gambier is the largest producer of building limestone in Australia. Massive calcarenite of Gambier Limestone of late Eocene to early Miocene age has been extensively modified by subsequent groundwater movement resulting in a range of lithologies with varying suitability for building stone. The mineralogical and petrological basis for variations in colour, grain size, texture, resistance to weathering and suitability as building stone is investigated. Dolomitized Gambier Limestone from the Supreme Court building is compared with typical calcitic Gambier Limestone.

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Record No rb8700132
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 Otway Basin
Mine Name Marte Building Stone Quarries;Carraill;Holloway;Steetley;Bruhn;Fletcher Lawson;Treffers;Stafford and Blackall;Pareen;Mount Salt;Kain and Shelton;Knight and Pritchard;Johnson;Carraill;Holloway;White;Telford;Gericke;O'Leary Road
Stratigraphy Gambier Limestone
Commodity
    Notes 
    Notes: To be published in Mineral Resources Review.
Geographic Locality: South East
Doc No: RB 87/00132
    Notes: To be published in Mineral Resources Review.
Geographic Locality: South East
Doc No: RB 87/00132
    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/rb8700132
    Citation Farrand, M.G.;Flint, D.J. 1987. RB 87/00132 Lithological factors influencing the quality of Gambier Limestone as a building material. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8700132

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