BARRETTS HISTORIC QUARRY
LINWOOD - SOUTH AUSTRALIA
SLATE QUARRY
GEOLOGY
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The
Emeroo Subgroup
Fluviodeltaic sandstone, conglomerate, siltstone and minor dolomite.
ADELAIDE GEOSYNCLINE
SADDLEWORTH FORMATION
Mudstone; siltstone; shale, partly carbonaceous. - Sarig
NEOPROTEROZOIC - Torrensian
BARRETTS SLATE QUARRY
The deposit was worked from 1927, slate mining was mostly contained to the quarry floor.
All other information on this quarry has been lost entirely as nothing but the SARIG database holds any available information currently.
REFEreNCES
The South Australian Advertiser, Adelaide, SA: 1858 - 1889. (1878). Central Board of Main Roads. - Thursday, July 18. - 20 Jul 1878. Trove.
South Australian Government. (n.d.). SARIG geological map. SARIG.
South Australian Government. (n.d.). SARIG geological map. Layer: All Quarries -> Barratts. SARIG.