This information has been developed from the publications:
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Location: | 315277 to 363250. Road cuttings between Whitelaw Creek and the Thomson Portal. | |
Access: | Thomson Valley Road (Park Road). | |
Ownership: | Crown Land. | |
Geology/Geomorphology: | Road cuttings at this site display the bedding and lithologies characteristic of the Bullring Siltstone, Sinclair Valley Sandstone, and the Whitelaw Siltstone. The cuttings include the type sections of the Sinclair Valley Sandstone (330274) and the Bullring Siltstone (350266) and the poorly exposed contact between the Whitelaw Siltstone and the Sinclair Valley Sandstone at 323274. | |
Significance: | Regional. Site includes the type sections of the Sinclair Valley Sandstone, the Bullring Siltstone, and the contact with the overlying Whitelaw Siltstone. | |
Management: | Occasional grading of the road cuttings to maintain clear exposures would maintain the value of the site. | |
References: | VandenBerg , A.H.M. 1975. Definitions and descriptions of middle Ordovician to middle Devonian rock units of the Warburton district, East Central Victoria. Rep. geol. Surv.Vict., 1975/6 |