Sliding Rock is the site of an old copper mine on the west side of Warraweena Conservation Park. The following 5 sand samples were taken in the area.
Old Copper Track
Lithic sand primarily composed from surrounding sedimentary rocks with some quartz crystals with hematite inclusions.
Pink sandstone
Pink sandstone, mostly hematite stained quartz sand with some small manganese oxide concretions.
Creek with psilomelane formation
Well rounded quartz grains, lithic particles and small psilomelane concretion grains.
Sliding Rock mine area
Crushed tufa of silicate origin.
Sliding Rock creek bank
Lithic sand with quartz grains and azurite particle.
Malachite pseudomorph after cuprite.
