This information has been developed from one or more of these publications:
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Location: | Grantville - 751451. The bed and western bank of the channel of the Bass River seven hundred metres north-east of the road bridge at Almurta. | |
Access: | Grantville to Almurta road. | |
Ownership: | Crown Land (Public Land Water Frontage Reserve). | |
Geology: | The geological quarter sheet number 34 S.E. (Mines Dept. 1901.) indicates that the junction between the Mesozoic sediments and the Older Volcanics basalt occurs in the river bed at this locality. The channel margin at the site is now densely overgrown and the contact was not located during this survey. The Bass River valley here includes two sets of paired terraces typical of the extensive terrace sequence of this river. | |
Significance: | Regional. The absence of sub-basaltic sediments between the Mesozoic rocks and the overlying Older Volcanics is unusual in the study area. | |
Management: | Class 3. Diversion or filling of the river channel will further obscure the site and should not be permitted. |