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8623-3 Mount Bendock

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:

728864. 11 kilometres south of Delegate NSW.

Abstract:

Low peak in Ordovician sediments with associated bismuth and wolfram mineralization.

Access:

Walk from Lower Bendock Road or Beasley Road.

Ownership:

Crown land.

Geology:

Steeply dipping sandstones, slates and shales outcrop on Mt Bendock. These sediments are highly fractured and crossed with numerous quartz veins. The quartz is associated with bismuth and wolfram mineralization and several substantial adits from previous mining ventures remain on the southern side of the hill. Of additional interest is the deposit of consolidated Tertiary gravels on the lower eastern slopes of the mount. It was from these gravels that the earliest discovery of gold in the Bendock area was reported.

Significance:

The mine adits would be of considerable interest to mineral collectors. These should be checked for safety.
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