TV2 Sclocombes Corner - Bullengarook Gravels

This information has been developed from the publications:

Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Western Region of Melbourne (1986) by Neville Rosengren
Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance on the Coast of Port Phillip Bay (1988) by Neville Rosengren.
Sites of Geological and Geomorphological Significance in the Shire of Otway (1984) by Neville Rosengren.

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Location

Toolern Vale - 838450. Former Shire of Gisborne. One kilometre northwest of the junction of Hobbs Road and the Gisborne - Melton Road.

TV2 - Silicified gravels, Sclocombes Corner, Gisborne.

Access

Hobbs Road.

Ownership

Crown land.

Site Description

The site is an exposure of coarse Bullengarook Gravels on the edge of the dissected Gisborne Highlands. The gravels are of reef quartz, sandstone and quartzite, and are set in a silica and iron-cemented sandy matrix, are rounded, and include clasts 20 cm long.

Significance

Local. The gravels are important in displaying the pre-basaltic geology of the Gisborne Highlands area. The gravel outcrop is extensive and may be viewed at a number of localities.

Management

Class 3. The site is robust. As long as the outcrops are retained, the site could be put to a variety of uses.

References

Crawford, W. (1939). The Physiography of the Gisborne Highlands. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. 52:262-279.

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