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Gloucester Coal Measures	STRATNO: 7452
Current: Yes	Rank: Group, Suite	Status: Formal	State(s): NSW
Category: Other new published name		Usage: Described	Definition Card: No
Originator:		Entry date: 01-JAN-88	Last Update: 30-MAR-17
Replaced by:	Previously known as:
Description: Sandstone, mudstone, coal, claystone, conglomerate and volcanics
Comments:
Geological province: Gloucester Basin
Type state:	Reference section type:
Maximum thickness: 2040m	Minimum thickness:

Unit Age			Event: deposition
Top of unit -
Minimum age: Wordian	Ma:	% from base of biozone:	Age method:
Maximum age:	Ma:	% from base of biozone:	Age method:
Base of unit -
Minimum age:	Ma:	% from base of biozone:	Age method:
Maximum age: Wordian	Ma:	% from base of biozone:	Age method:

Stratigraphic Hierarchy (current units only) Rank Status

Gloucester Coal MeasuresGroup, Suite Formal
- Avon Subgroup - Subgroup - Formal
  - Dog Trap Creek Formation - Formation, beds - Formal
    - Bucketts Way Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
    - Glenview Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
    - Marker Two Coal Member - Member, phase - Informal
  - Waukivory Creek Formation - Formation, beds - Formal
    - Avon Coal Member - Member, phase - Informal
    - Glen Road Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
    - Parkers Road Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
    - Rombo Coal Member - Member, phase - Formal
    - Triple Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
    - Valley View Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
- Bindaboo seam - Formation, beds - Informal
- Bucketts Way seam - Formation, beds - Informal
- Craven Subgroup - Subgroup - Formal
  - Crowthers Road Conglomerate - Formation, beds - Formal
  - Jilleon Formation - Formation, beds - Formal
    - Cloverdale Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
    - Fairbairns Lane Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
    - Roseville Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
    - Tereel Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
  - Leloma Formation - Formation, beds - Formal
    - Bindaboo Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
    - Deards Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
    - Jo Doth Tuff Member - Member, phase - Formal
    - Linden Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
  - Wards River Conglomerate - Formation, beds - Formal
  - Wenham Formation - Formation, beds - Formal
    - Bowens Road Coal Member - Member, phase - Reserved
- Linden seam - Formation, beds - Informal
- Speldon Formation - Formation, beds - Formal

Chemical Hierarchy (current units only) Rank Status

Gloucester Coal MeasuresGroup, Suite Formal

Related units:	Relationship:		Contact Type:
Alum Mountain Volcanics	overlies	Gloucester Coal Measures
Dewrang Group	underlies	Gloucester Coal Measures

First Reference:

REFID: 43491

Fairbridge, R.W., 1953, Australian Stratigraphy.XII chaps, end paper (2nd edition), University of Western Australia. Text Books Board, 2nd edition

Use on maps:

REFID: 29990				Brunker, R.L., Offenberg, A.C., Cameron, R.G., 1970, Hastings, New South Wales, 1:250 000 geological series map. Sheet SH/56-14, 1st edition., Geological Survey of New South Wales, 1v
REFID: 30911				Geological Survey of New South Wales., 1973, New England, New South Wales, 1:500 000 geological series map. 1st edition., Geological Survey of New South Wales, 1v
REFID: 32671				Pogson, D.J., 1972, Geological map of New South Wales, scale 1:1 000 000., Geological Survey of New South Wales, 1v
REFID: 36390				McIlveen, G.R., 1980, Sydney, New South Wales, 1:500 000 metallogenic series map. 1st edition., Geological Survey of New South Wales, 1v
REFID: 41348				Gilligan, L.B., Brownlow, J.W., Cameron, R.G., 1987, Tamworth-Hastings, New South Wales, 1:250 000 metallogenic series map. Sheets SH 56-13, SH/56-14, 1st edition., Geological Survey of New South Wales. Metallogenic Map Series, 1v, Map
REFID: 50147				Roberts, J., Engel, B., Lennox, M., Chapman, J., 1991, Dungog, New South Wales 1:100 000 Geological Sheet 9233, Geological Survey of New South Wales. 1:100,000 geological sheet series, 1v, Map

Full Bibliographic Details (ordered by usage, publication year)

REFID: 22857	Scheibner, E. , Basden, H. (ed.) 1998 Geology of New South Wales - Synthesis. Volume 2 Geological Evolution. Geological Survey of New South Wales. Memoir (Geology) 13(2) 666pp
	Usage: Described (p534 App.1 Tb.A1.9) Min age from reference: Late Permian Max age from reference: Late Permian Comments: Includes the Craven and Avon Subgroups. Equivalent to Wittingham Coal Measures. Geological Province: Sydney Basin.
REFID: 41347	Gilligan, L.B. , Brownlow, J.W. 1987 Tamworth-Hastings 1:250 000 metallogenic map. Sheets SH 56-13, SH 56-14 (plus parts of SI 56-1 and SI 56-2). Mineral deposit data sheets and metallogenic study. Geological Survey of New South Wales. Metallogenic Map Series 1v
	Usage: Described (Table 3) Comments:
REFID: 37099	George, A.M. 1975 Gloucester Basin, NSW. IN Traves D.M. and King D.(Eds) - Economic geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea - 2.Coal. AusIMM. Monograph Series 6 p255-258
	Usage: Described (p255) Comments:
REFID: 64631	Fielding, C.R. , Frank, T.D. , Birgenheier, L.P. , Rygel, M.C. , Jones, A.T. , Roberts, J. 2008 Stratigraphic record and facies associations of the late Paleozoic ice age in eastern Australia (New South Wales and Queensland). IN 'Resolving the late Paleozoic ice age in time and space' C.R. Fielding, T.D.Frank, J.L. Isbell Geological Socety of America Special Paper 441 41-58
	Usage: Briefly described (p44 Fig.2.) Min age from reference: Wordian Max age from reference: Wordian Comments: Southern New England Fold Belt, Myall Block. Biostratigraphic age control for base and top. , Overlies Dewrang Group.
REFID: 50099	Sutherland, L. , Graham, I. 2003 Geology of Barrington Tops Plateau: Its Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones, New South Wales, Australia The Australian Museum Society 1v 56p
	Usage: Briefly described (p11-12) Min age from reference: Permian Max age from reference: Permian Comments: Overlie the Alum Mountain Volcanics. Max. thickness: 2040m in Booral-Weismantels area. Age: 275 Ma. Geological Province: Tamworth Belt/New England Orogen.
REFID: 23623	Ward, C.R. , Bocking, M. , Ruan, C. 2001 Mineralogical analysis of coals as an aid to seam correlation in the Gloucester Basin, New South Wales, Australia International Journal of Coal Geology 47(1) p31-49
	Usage: Briefly described (p33 Fig. 2) Min age from reference: Late Permian Max age from reference: Late Permian Comments: Divided into the Craven and the Avon Subgroups. Geological Province: New England Fold Belt
REFID: 42648	Wootton, P. , Doyle, J.F. , Balfe, P.E. , Barton, C.M. , Black, T.M. , Bolger, P.F. , Bowman, R.G. , Sutcliffe, G. 1993 Chapter 2. Geological setting of deposits. IN A.J.Hargraves & C.H.Martin (eds) - Australasian Coal Mining Practice. 2nd edn. AusIMM. Monograph Series 12 p31-55
	Usage: Briefly described (p39) Comments:
REFID: 50147	Roberts, J. , Engel, B. , Lennox, M. , Chapman, J. 1991 Dungog, New South Wales 1:100 000 Geological Sheet 9233 Geological Survey of New South Wales. 1:100,000 geological sheet series 1v Map
	Usage: Briefly described (Map legend) Min age from reference: Late Permian Max age from reference: Late Permian Comments: Includes the Craven and Avon Subgroups. Geological Province: Western Myall Block.
REFID: 44244	Roberts, J. , Engel, B. , Chapman, J. 1991 Geology of the Camberwell, Dungog, and Bulahdelah 1:100 000 sheets 9133, 9233, 9333. Geological Survey of New South Wales 1v 382pp
	Usage: Briefly described (p174) Min age from reference: Late Permian Max age from reference: Late Permian Comments: Replaced "Avon Coal Measures" of Loughan (1955). Includes the lower Avon Subgroup and upper Craven Subgroup separated by Speldon Formation. Geological Province: Myall Block : within the Stroud-Gloucester Syncline. See also p167 and p168 Tb. 2.
REFID: 42182	McElroy, C.T. , Rose, G. 1990 Historical review of coal geology in New South Wales. IN Glasson K.R., Rattigan J.H. (eds.)- Geological aspects of the discovery of some important mineral deposits in Australia. AusIMM. Monograph Series 17 p245-316
	Usage: Briefly described (p301) Min age from reference: Permian Max age from reference: Permian Comments: Overlie the Dewrang Group. Geological Province: Gloucester Basin
REFID: 41348	Gilligan, L.B. , Brownlow, J.W. , Cameron, R.G. 1987 Tamworth-Hastings, New South Wales, 1:250 000 metallogenic series map. Sheets SH 56-13, SH/56-14, 1st edition. Geological Survey of New South Wales. Metallogenic Map Series 1v Map
	Usage: Briefly described (Map legend) Min age from reference: Permian Max age from reference: Permian Comments: Lithic and feldspathic sandstone, conglomerate, carbonaceous siltstone and coal.
REFID: 63832	Fielding, C.R. , Frank, T.D. , Birgenheier, L.P. , Rygel, M.C. , Jones, A.T. , Roberts, J. 2008 Stratigraphic imprint of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age in eastern Australia: a record of alternating glacial and nonglacial climate regime Geological Society of London. Journal 165 p129-140
	Usage: Mentioned (p131 fig 2) Min age from reference: Guadalupian Max age from reference: Guadalupian Comments: Myall block, Southern New England Fold Belt. Seventh (P3) and eighth (P4) glaciations.
REFID: 47056	Lindsay, J.F. 1990 Forearc basin dynamics and sedimentation controls, Tamworth belt, eastern Australia. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics 11(4) p521-528
	Usage: Mentioned (Fig.2 P523) Comments:
REFID: 41054	McMinn, A. 1987 Palynostratigraphy of the Stroud Gloucester Trough, N.S.W. Alcheringa 11(2) p151-164
	Usage: Mentioned (p152) Comments:
REFID: 41226	Hunt, J.W. 1987 Sulphur in the Permian coals of eastern Australia: variation and geological control. Geological Society of Australia. Coal Geology Group. Journal 7 p11-32
	Usage: Mentioned (Fig.9) Comments:
REFID: 40872	Helby, R. , Lennox, M. , Roberts, J. 1986 The age of the Permian sequence in the Stroud-Gloucester Trough. Royal Society of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings 119(1/2) p33-42
	Usage: Mentioned (Fig.2) Comments:
REFID: 39302	Engel, B.A. 1980 Carboniferous biostratigraphy of the Hunter-Manning-Myall province. IN Herbert C.,Helby R.(eds) - A guide to the Sydney Basin. Geological Survey of New South Wales. Bulletin 26 p340-349
	Usage: Mentioned (p349) Comments:
REFID: 39308	Herbert, C. , Helby, R. 1980 Part C - Excursion Guide. IN Herbert C.,Helby R.(eds) - A guide to the Sydney Basin. Geological Survey of New South Wales. Bulletin 26 p449-539
	Usage: Mentioned (p482) Comments:
REFID: 36390	McIlveen, G.R. 1980 Sydney, New South Wales, 1:500 000 metallogenic series map. 1st edition. Geological Survey of New South Wales 1v
	Usage: Mentioned (Map legend) Min age from reference: Late Permian Max age from reference: Late Permian Comments:
REFID: 36057	Crane, D.T. , Hunt, J.W. 1979 The Carboniferous sequence in the Gloucester-Myall Lake area, New South Wales. Geological Society of Australia. Journal 26(7) p341-352
	Usage: Mentioned (Fig.1) Comments:
REFID: 37065	Branagan, D.F. 1975 Distribution and geological setting of coal measures in Australia and Papua New Guinea. IN Traves D.M. & King D.(Eds) - Economic geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea - 2.Coal. AusIMM. Monograph Series 6 p25-51
	Usage: Mentioned (p31) Comments:
REFID: 30911	Geological Survey of New South Wales. 1973 New England, New South Wales, 1:500 000 geological series map. 1st edition. Geological Survey of New South Wales 1v
	Usage: Mentioned (Map legend) Min age from reference: Permian Max age from reference: Permian Comments:
REFID: 32671	Pogson, D.J. 1972 Geological map of New South Wales, scale 1:1 000 000. Geological Survey of New South Wales 1v
	Usage: Mentioned (Map legend) Min age from reference: Permian Max age from reference: Permian Comments:
REFID: 29990	Brunker, R.L. , Offenberg, A.C. , Cameron, R.G. 1970 Hastings, New South Wales, 1:250 000 geological series map. Sheet SH/56-14, 1st edition. Geological Survey of New South Wales 1v
	Usage: Mentioned (Map legend) Min age from reference: Late Permian Max age from reference: Late Permian Comments:
REFID: 43447	Engel, B.A. 1966 Explanatory Notes, 1:250 000 geological series, Newcastle I56-2. 1st Edition Geological Survey of New South Wales
	Usage: Not recorded (Table 1,p40) Max age from reference: Permian Comments:
REFID: 43491	Fairbridge, R.W. 1953 Australian Stratigraphy.XII chaps, end paper (2nd edition) University of Western Australia. Text Books Board 2nd edition
	Usage: Not recorded (pVII/54) Max age from reference: Permian Comments: See also Lexicon

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