Barrington Tops State Conservation Area

Barrington Tops State Conservation Area is a protected area in the Australian state of New South Wales in the Barrington Tops region. It was previously known as the Polblue and Barrington Tops Crown Reserves. The conservation area was created in January 2003. It covers an area of 8,446 hectares.[1] Unlike the adjacent national park mining is allowed in a State Conservation Area.[2] Zircon, sapphire and rubies were formed from the nearby Barrington Volcano in the Eocene epoch.[3]

Barrington Tops State Conservation Area
Mount Polblue and Polblue Swamp
Highest point
Elevation	1,276 m (4,186 ft)
Coordinates	31°57.449′S 151°25.704′E
Geography
Location	Barrington Tops, Australia
Country	Australia
Parent range	Mount Royal Range

References

1. "Barrington Tops State Conservation Area". NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
2. "Barrington Tops National Park, Mount Royal National Park, and Barrington Tops State Conservation Area Plan of Management" (PDF). National Parks & Wildlife Service. NSW Government. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
3. F. L. Sutherland, C. M. Fanning (2001). "Gem‐bearing basaltic volcanism, Barrington, New South Wales: Cenozoic evolution, based on basalt K–Ar ages and zircon fission track and U–Pb isotope dating". Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 48 (2): 221–237. Bibcode:2001AuJES..48..221S. doi:10.1046/j.1440-0952.2001.00851.x.

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