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8523-5 Mt Seldom Seen

This information has been developed from the publications:

    • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in Central Gippsland (1981) by Neville Rosengren, M.S McRae-Williams and S.M Kraemers.
    • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Gippsland Lakes Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
    • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in East Gippsland, Victoria (1981) by Neville Rosengren, M.S McRae-Williams
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Location:

058935. 14 kilometres north of Gelantipy.

Image:  East Gippsland Sites of Significance
Mount Seldom Seen. Outcrop of the Mount Seldom Seen beds.

Abstract:

Exposures of Upper Silurian - Lower Devonian Seldom Seen Beds.

Access:

Seldom Seen Road.

Ownership:

Crownland.

Geology:

This formation is restricted to the area around Mt Seldom Seen. It lies non-conformably on the Nunniong Granodiorite and is unconformably overlain by the Snowy River Volcanics. The formation consists of a sequence of conglomerate and sandstone with an interbedded rhyolite flow. Two units have been recognised in this formation which dip uniformly to the north-east between 15 degrees and 40 degrees. The lower unit is predominantly a sandstone, while the upper consists predominantly of quartzite conglomerate. The upper unit is well exposed on the summit of Mt Seldom Seen and in cliffs on the eastern side.
Significance:
Regional. These beds occur only in the Mt Seldom Seen area.

Management:

Land use should be compatible with the maintenance of the exposures on the western slopes of Mt Seldom Seen.

References:

Talent , J.A. 1965(b). 'The Stratigraphic and diastrophic evolution of Central and Eastern Victoria in Middle Palaeozoic Times', Ibid. 7991) :179-195.
Talent, J.A. 1969. 'The geology of East Gippsland', Proc. R. Soc. Vict. 82(1) :37-60.
Vandenberg, A.H.M. and O’Shea, P.J. 1980. 'Explanatory Notes on the Bairnsdale 1:250,00 geological map', Rep. geol. Surv. Vict., No.65.

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