The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Carn Fadryn Quartz Microdiorite

Computer Code: CFQM Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Caradoc Series (O4) — Caradoc Series (O4)
Lithological Description: Quartz microdiorite with quartz and plagioclase phenocrysts, apatite and zircon, in a fine-grained highly altered groundmass.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Not applicable.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Not applicable.
Thickness: Unknown.
Geographical Limits: Not specified.
Parent Unit: Carn Fadryn Suite (CAFA)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Young, T P, Gibbons, W and McCarroll, D. 2002. Geology of the country around Pwllheli. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 134 (England and Wales). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E134