Mount Quincan

Coordinates: 17°18′11″S 145°34′39″E / 17.30306°S 145.57750°E / -17.30306; 145.57750
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Mount Quincan
Highest point
Coordinates17°18′11″S 145°34′39″E / 17.30306°S 145.57750°E / -17.30306; 145.57750
Geography
LocationQueensland, Australia
Mt Quincan, viewed from the south, showing the southern quarry with the main scoria cone behind it to the west and the low-lying crater to the east.
Mt Quincan, viewed from the south.

Mount Quincan is a

Yungaburra on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia
.

The extinct volcano is one of many

Seven Sisters cinder cones also have their craters to the southeast, which is possibly due to the ash and scoria being blown to the northwest by the prevailing SE winds.[2] Swamp deposits within the crater were dated at 7250 years old, making that the minimum age for Mt Quincan.[3] The scoria deposits also contain abundant mantle xenoliths of peridotite.[4]

Mt Quincan, viewed from the southeast, showing the southern quarry with the main scoria cone behind it and the low-lying crater to the east.
Mt Quincan, viewed from the southeast, showing the southern quarry with the main scoria cone behind it and the low-lying crater to the east.

Quincan, a type of Scoria, is mined from the south west quadrant of the mountain.[5] Quincan is used in road construction, driveways, weed control and domestic gardening.

References

  1. ISBN 978-0521380836
    . Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. ISBN 9780975789483
    .
  3. ISSN 0028-646X
    .
  4. ISSN 0812-0099
    .
  5. ^ Yungaburra Quarry. Retrieved on 21 November 2012.

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