The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

High Grains Sandstone

Computer Code: HGS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Courceyan Substage (CF) — Courceyan Substage (CF)
Lithological Description: Alternating bands of sandstone andsandy, shalety mudstone, locally massive and current-bedded.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: c.6 to c.12m
Geographical Limits: White Lyne catcment, Cumbria.
Parent Unit: Bewcastle Member (BWCB)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Lexique Stratigraphique International. 1971. Volume 1, Europe, Fascicule 3a, England, Wales and Scotland, Part 3a VII, Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E012