Mount Quincan

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Mount Quincan
Location
Location	Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	17°18′11″S 145°34′39″E / 17.30306°S 145.57750°E / -17.30306; 145.57750Coordinates: 17°18′11″S 145°34′39″E / 17.30306°S 145.57750°E / -17.30306; 145.57750

Mount Quincan is a volcanic mountain near Yungaburra on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia.

The extinct volcano is one of many cinder cones in the Atherton Tableland region.^[1]

Quincan, a type of Scoria, is mined from the south west quadrant of the mountain.^[2] Quincan is used in road construction, driveways, weed control and domestic gardening.

References

↑ Johnson, Robert Wallace (1989). Intraplate Volcanism: In Eastern Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press. p. 92. ISBN 0521380839. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
↑ Yungaburra Quarry. Retrieved on 21 November 2012.

External links

v t e Atherton Tableland

Schools	Atherton State High School Jubilee Christian College Mareeba State High School

Attractions	Curtain Fig Tree Davies Creek Lake Tinaroo Lake Eacham Lake Barrine Malanda Falls Millaa Millaa Falls Millstream Falls Mount Hypipamee Crater Mount Quincan Seven Sisters Windy Hill

Towns	Atherton Dimbulah Herberton Irvinebank Kairi Kuranda Mareeba Malanda Millaa Millaa Mutchilba Ravenshoe Tinaroo Tolga Walkamin Yungaburra

Local Government Areas	Tablelands

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