11. ARM Quarry - Stradbroke West

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.
Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the South Gippsland Marine and Coastal Parks (1989) by Neville Rosengren.

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Location:	955655. End of Limestone Quarry Road 16 kilometres south-east of Rosedale.	Sites 8221 - 7 to 11
Access:	Limestone Quarry Road.
Ownership:	Private Land.
Geology/Geomorphology:	This large quarry provides a major exposure of beds of the Gippsland Limestone. Because of the depth of the quarry, a variety of calcareous sediments are exposed including several which are richly fossiliferous.
Significance:	Regional. This is the best exposure of the Gippsland Limestone currently available.
Management:	It is recommended that abandoned quarry faces in the eastern part of the quarry not be filled or otherwise obscured and a representative section of the main limestone deposit should be retained.
References:	Hocking, J.B. 1970. Geology of the lower Miocene calcareous deposits in the Sale-Yarram region, South Gippsland. Min. geol. J. Vict., 6(6), pp. 80-90.

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