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Micropalaeontological examination of two samples from the Joint Coal Board Bore, Camberwell, near Singleton, New South Wales

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 09/01/2026

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The two samples submitted for micropalaeontological examination, came from the depths of 290 feet and 320 feet respectively. They consisted of hard, grey, carbonaceous shale. Crushings of the rocks yielded a small assemblage of arenaceous foraminifera and pyritic casts of ostracoda of Permian age. A list of the forms in each sample is as follows.

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Title Micropalaeontological examination of two samples from the Joint Coal Board Bore, Camberwell, near Singleton, New South Wales
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/05869d6c-b864-468b-8604-6582660ac82e
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Reference Period 24/11/2025
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Micropalaeontological examination of two samples from the Joint Coal Board Bore, Camberwell, near Singleton, New South Wales". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/micropalaeontological-examination-of-two-samples-from-the-joint-coal-board-bore-camberwell-near