Marble Bar Jasper

Has a massive bar of jasper over a swimming hole.

Marble bar jasper.

Enjoy the tranquil scenic charm of this oasis which provides some respite from what is known to be the hottest town in australia. Founded in 1893 marble bar has earned a reputation as australia s hottest town owing to the consistently high temperatures experienced during the summer months when the mercury climbs over 38 degrees for days on end. Has a population of 174 people 2016 census. The name marble bar was derived from a nearby jasper bar mistaken for marble and now known as marble bar which runs across the bed of the coongan river.

It is located on the nullagine river 296 km south east of port hedland and 1 364 km north north east of. It crosses the coongan river about 5 km west of the town and is clearly signposted off general street beyond the government buildings. Jasper deposit 4km s down the comet mine road becomes hillside woodstock road lies the jasper deposit where you can fossick and take samples without interfering with the a class reserve. The marble bar is really jasper or more correctly very fine grained silica sio2 the different colours in the rock come from trace amounts of mineral impurities including iron hematite making the red layers and pyrites and carbonaceous material that makes the blue black layers the white layers are pure silica.

This video is unavailable. Marble bar was named after a local deposit of mineral first thought to be marble but which later proved to be jasper a highly coloured cryptocrystalline variety of quartz. Named after what was originally thought to be a colourful marble bar which crosses the coongan river the bar is actually made of jasper. By 1895 the town had its government offices built.

Jasper rock outside of marble bar. Marble bar one of the most famous outback towns in australia is a fine example of a pioneering town dating the gold rush days at the end of the nineteenth century. Marble bar and chinaman s pools spanning the coongan river the jasper creates a stunning backdrop and sets the scene for a beautiful picnic spot. These are now national trust buildings.

Nullagine nullagine is an old gold rush town in western australia s pilbara region. The marble bar tourist association is a local group committed to attracting tourists to marble bar and preserving the history of the region. Originally the rock formation was thought to be marble hence the name but was later proven to be jasper. In 1891 the town boasted a population in excess of 5 000 as it experienced a rush on the goldfields.

The name marble bar was derived from a nearby jasper bar mistaken for marble and now known as marble bar which runs across the bed of the coongan river.