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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
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:
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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