8524-4 Dead Horse Creek

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:	962250. Near the junction of Dead Horse Creek and Limestone Creek.	SItes 8524 1-4
Abstract:	Enclave of Buchan Caves Limestone preserved by faulting.
Access:	Limestone Creek Track
Ownership:	Crown Land
Geology:	A small enclave of Buchan Caves Limestone has been preserved at this locality by down faulting along a complex series of faults in the Limestone Fault Zone. Fossils recovered from this site indicate an age equivalent to the lower part of the same sequence at Buchan.
Significance:	Local. The small outcrops marks the position of faults associated with the Limestone Fault Zone.
Management:	Because of the small size of the deposit quarrying should be prohibited.
References:	McAndrew, J. and Marsden, M.A.H. (eds) 1973. Regional guide to Victorian Geology. Second Edition, School of Geology, University of Melbourne.

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