The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Crag Hill Limestone Member

Computer Code: CRHL Preferred Map Code: CrHL
Status Code: Full
Age range: Cautleyan Stage (OU) — Cautleyan Stage (OU)
Lithological Description: Nodular-bedded argillaceous limestone with siltstone partings.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Not seen in any of the outcrops.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Defined by the base of the overlying Sowerthwaite or Crummack Formations.
Thickness: At least 30m
Geographical Limits: Restricted to the Craven Inliers, North Yorkshire.
Parent Unit: Norber Formation (NORB)
Previous Name(s): Crag Hill Limestone [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CRHL] (-2723)
Crag Hill Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CRHL] (CRH)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Section  On the west side of Ribblesdale, northwest of Crag Hill Farm. Arthurton et al., 1988. 
Reference(s):
Arthurton, R S, Johnson, E W, and Mundy, D J C. 1988. Geology of the country around Settle. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 60 (England and Wales). 
Kneller, B C, Scott R W, Soper N J, Johnson E W and Allen P M, 1994. Lithostratigraphy of the Windermere Supergroup, Northern England. Geological Journal, Vol. 29, 219-240. 
Millward, D, and Stone, P. 2012. Stratigraphical framework for the Ordovician and Silurian sedimentary strata of northern England and the Isle of Man. British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/12/04. 119pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E050 E060