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8523-26 Buchan - Urrindal Road Cuttings

Sites 8523 (8522) 16 to 30 - The Buchan/Murrindal Limestone Basin

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
Geological heritage sites, including sites of geomorphological interest and volcanic heritage sites, are under regular revision by the Geological Society of Australia, especially in the assessment of significance and values. Reference should be made to the most recent reports. See the Earth Science Heritage section of the Geological Society of Australia website for details of geological heritage reports, and a bibliography.


Location:
040498. Road cuttings along the Buchan - Murrindal Road, just north of Buchan.

Image: East Gippsland Sites of Significance
Favosites limestone band.

Abstract:
Buchan Group Syclinorium.

Access:
As above.

Ownership:
Crown land.

Geology:
The major part of the basin in which the Buchan Group Sediments occur may be regarded as a synclinorium. The thickest sediment accumulation and the greatest of folds occur just north-east of Buchan. The fold axes are oriented approximately north-south and consequently, road cuttings which cross these axes east-west provide exposures which allow for an overview of the structure of the basin. The best, and most readily accessible exposure is provided by the road cuttings of the Buchan - Murrindal Road, just north of Buchan. At this locality mudstones, nodular limestones and limestones of the Taravale Formation are folded into broad synclines. An important granodiorite fauna is found in these road cuttings and a massive limestone bed east of the first anticline contains the coral, Favosites. Such massive corals are rare in the cental basin area.

Significance:
Regional. Best exposure and most easily accessible site which portrays the folded nature of the Buchan Group.

Management:
Maintenance of clear section faces would enhance the site quality.

References:
Teichert, C. 1948. 'Middle Devonian Goniatites from the Buchan District, Victoria', Jour. Palaeont., 22(1) :60-67.
Tiechert, C. and Talent, J.A. 1958. 'Geology of the Buchan area, East Gippsland', Mem. geol. Surv. Vict., 21: 1-56.

8523 23 to 24 28 to 31
8523 (8522)-20 to 8523-21, 23-24, 26-31
Image: East Gippsland Sites of Significance
Fold in Taravale Formation.
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