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148. Grantville - Barkers Quarried (Baxter Formation)

This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:

  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Westernport Bay Catchment (1984) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren
  • Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay (1988) by Neville Rosengren.
  • Sites of Environmental Significance in the Flood Plain of the Upper Yarra Valley Region (1983) by Neville Rosengren, Douglas Frood and Kim Lowe (as part of a study of Sites of Environmental Significance by the University of Melbourne for the then Upper Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Authority).
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Location:

Grantville - 729475. One kilometre east of Grantville.

Access:

Grantville Road.

Ownership:

Private land.

Geology:

This large quarry provides extensive exposure of a range of lithologies of the Baxter Formation. The sediments are commonly cross-bedded coarse sands and gravels with clay clasts and fine sand beds. Clear examples of the steep dips imparted by the Heath Hill Fault are evident and there are other minor faults.

Significance:

Regional. This is an important exposure of Baxter Formation affected by Heath Hill Fault.

Management:

Class 2. Quarry management guidelines should be applied here.
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