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1. White Rock Quarry - Coopers Creek

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 on the coast of Port Phillip Bay and in the Catchment of Westernport Bay (1984, 88) by Neville Rosengren.
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Location:

494956. Coopers Creek.

Access:

Coopers Creek Road.

Ownership:

Crown Land

Geology/Geomorphology:

This small, abandoned quarry exposes two tilted megaclasts of limestone enclosed in structureless siltstone of the Boola Formation.

Significance:

Regional. This is one of several limestone lenses occurring in the Boola Formation. It is the largest occurring in the Coopers Creek area and has recently been stratigraphically re-defined.

Management:

The quarry is almost totally overgrown by blackberries and, consequently, exposures are poor. The value of the site would be greatly enhanced by removal of the obscuring vegetation.

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