| Computer Code: |
GOR |
Preferred Map Code: |
GOR |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Visean Age (CV)
— Visean Age (CV) |
| Lithological Description: |
Silica rich sandstone. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Probably conformable on red dolomitic limestone (Kildress Limestone Member). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable with unnamed overlying interbedded sequence of red mudstone and sandstone in Derryloran Formation. |
| Thickness: |
12m |
| Geographical Limits: |
Gortnagross and Lower Kildress Townlands, south east Tyrone, Northern Ireland. |
| Parent Unit: |
Derryloran Formation (DLN)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Upper Sandstone [Obsolete Name and Code: Use OS, HEY, AGH, GOR]
(-3792)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Reference Section |
Kildress Sand Borehole 26/6 (GSNI), Northern Ireland. |
| Type Section |
Pit, right hand bank Ballinderry River. |
| Reference Section |
Kildress Sand Borehole 26/5 (GSNI), Northern Ireland. |
| Reference(s): |
| none recorded or not applicable |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
N26
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