The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Auldearn Granite Pluton

Computer Code: AULD Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Silurian Period (S) — Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
Lithological Description: Granite.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Not Entered (?)
Previous Name(s): Auldearn (Park) Pluton [Obsolete Name and Code: Use AULD] (-1960)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Gillespie, M R, Campbell, S D G, and Stephenson, D. 2011. BGS classification of lithodemic units: a classification of onshore Phanerozoic intrusions in the UK. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/12/01. 58pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S084