The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Wilmcote Member

Computer Code: WCT Preferred Map Code: Wct
Status Code: Full
Age range: Rhaetian Age (TR) — Hettangian Age (JH)
Lithological Description: Alternating limestones and mudstones.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Placed where limestone overlies sharp, irregular surface of pale grey-green silty mudstones of the Cotham Member (of Lilstock Formation).
Definition of Upper Boundary: Placed at the top of the highest limestone and may be arbitrary; Saltford Shale Member lies above.
Thickness: 6.4m at type locality; ranges from this up to 11.9m.
Geographical Limits: Central and south Midlands of England.
Parent Unit: Blue Lias Formation (BLI)
Previous Name(s): Ammonites Planorbis Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WCT] (-2523)
Saurian Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WCT] (-2524)
Ostrea Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WCT] (-4392)
Planorbis Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WCT] (-4393)
Pre-Planorbis Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WCT] (-4966)
Insect Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use WCT] (-3122)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Disused quarry near Gipsy Hall Farm, Wilmcote, Warwickshire. 
Reference Section  BGS Twyning Borehole, from 114.80 - 118.63m depth. 
Reference Section  Disused quarry at Temple Grafton. 
Reference(s):
Old R A, Hamblin, R J O, Ambrose, K, and Warrington G. 1991. Geology of the country around Redditch. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 183 (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E183 E199 E264