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https://nswdpe.intersearch.com.au/nswdpejspui/handle/1/2416| Title: | Glass Sand Occurrences Kurnell Peninsula Guano Deposits in Willi Willi Caves Kempsey Glass Sand Occurrences Kurnell Peninsula Guano Deposits in Willi Willi Caves Kempsey Geological report on Wallent’s Somersby clay pit |
| Other Titles: | Report No 27 Glass Sand Occurrences Kurnell Peninsula Guano Deposits in Willi Willi Caves Kempsey 1965 |
| Authors: | Geological Survey of NSW |
| Keywords: | morphological features;morphological features;Guano Willi Willi Caves;Somersby Clay Pit;Hawkesbury Sandstone |
| Issue Date: | 1965 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey of New South Wales. |
| Abstract: | Five localities on Kurnell Peninsula have been sampled by bore
and auger holes and mechanically analysed. Chemical analysis
was carried out on two selected samples. The sand, which possesses similar sorting characteristics throughout, is graded
within a narrow range A survey was made of the potentialities of the guano deposits which exist in the Main Cave of the Willi Willi Caves, 24 miles west north west of Kempsey. Limited amounts of guano have been mined from here between 1924 and 1926. The Somersby Clay Pit occurs as a 6 ft. lens 300 feet above the base of the Hawkesbury Sandstone. Laterite has been located in a set of drill holes while a second set have been recommended to prove a possible extent to the west. The clay is suitable for use in stoneware and pipe manufacture. |
| Description: | Report No. 27 Glass sand occurrences, Kurnell Peninsula, preliminary investigations / by G.R. Wallis. Guano deposits in Willi Willi Caves, Kempsey / G.R. Wallis. Geological report on Wallent's Somersby Clay Pit / by G.R. Wallis. Report ;(Geological Survey of New South Wales ) ; no. 27 |
| URI: | https://nswdpe.intersearch.com.au/nswdpejspui/handle/1/2416 |
| Appears in Collections: | Geological Survey of NSW [1874 -present] |
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