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.

Abandoned coal mine ventilation shaft at Mount Keira, Australia

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References
  1. "Illawarra Coal Measures". Geo Science Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. 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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