General geology and geoheritage of Bantimurung, Kabupaten Maros, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

The study area is located at Bantimurung, Kabupaten Maros of the south Sulawesi province in Indonesia. The coordinate is S 4°58‟ 09” to S 5°0310” and longitude 119 °37‟30” E to 119°42‟30” E. The objectives of the research are to produce a detail map of study area and to identify the geoheritage aspects in study area based on it geological features. The geomorphology for the study area are divided into two geomorphology landscape which is medium relief morphology unit and low relief morphology unit based on the Van Zuidam classification. The classification used to classified the type of relief area with different height and slope class. There were two rock units at the study area from older to youngest which are limestone unit and intrusion of basalt porphyry unit. The limestone units are origin from early Eocene meanwhile the intrusive igneous basalt porphyry rock unit are origin since early Miocene. The structural geology at the study area joint, lineament and drainage pattern. The specification of the research are geoheritage which are focusing in the geological features of a places that are suitable for conservation and development for tourism. In this research the geoheritage aspects that are consider from the study area is the vast area of karst that has many available geology landscape that are suitable and indeed needs a conservation like prehistoric cave and waterfall. For geoheritage we need to conserve the places that contain precious geology features where there is not available at other places.