Illawarra Coal Measures
The Illawarra Coal Measures is a group of sedimentary rocks occurring in the Sydney Basin in eastern Australia. This stratum is up to 150 metres thick. Formed in the Late Permian, it comprises shale, quartz-lithic sandstone, conglomerate rocks, chert, with sporadically carbonaceous mudstone, coal and seams of torbanite.[1] Coal mining of these measures remains a significant commercial enterprise to the present day.[2] One of the abandoned coal mines in the Blue Mountains is now a tourist attraction.
See also[]
- Sydney Basin
- Hawkesbury sandstone
- Mittagong Formation
- Ashfield Shale
- Narrabeen group
References[]
- ^ "Illawarra Coal Measures". Geo Science Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ Hartcher, Chris. "NSW GOVERNMENT WELCOMES US$845 MILLION INVESTMENT IN ILLAWARRA COAL" (PDF). Media Release. NSW Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
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