The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Bellyhack Quartzite Member

Computer Code: BEQU Preferred Map Code: SYMB
Status Code: Full
Age range: Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
Lithological Description: Quartzite, pinkish white, massive.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Base of massive quartzite, not exposed.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Top of massive quartzite where overlain by flaggy micaceous psammites and semipelites of the Findlater Flag Formation.
Thickness: Over 200m.
Geographical Limits: Core of Ardonald Anticline on Jock's Hill, Dufftown and from Clunymore to Hill of Bellyhack.
Parent Unit: Cullen Quartzite Formation (CUQU)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  Burn on NW flank of Hill of Bellyhack. 
Reference Section  Jock's Hill to Goodman's Knowe, Dufftown (few outcrops, mostly quartzite debris). 
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S085 S086