BGS mineralogy and petrology collection record

Sample number MR45686; COLLNOFZ121;
Sample Donor Barron, M.
Rock name 'Original entry: Limestone'
Stratigraphy Not entered
Comments Highly bioclastic limestone of Corsham Limestone Formation (Great Oolite Group), formerly 'Upper Rags' of Green and Donovan (1969). See Bath Sheet Explanation (Barron et al. 2011, pp12-13) See field notebook page BA252. Collected from continuous exposure along wall of slope shaft from ground surface to floor of Spring Quarry, part of Corsham Bath Stone Mine (MoD property). Inaccessible from surface.
Locality details 920 m on 233 from eastern portal of Box Railway Tunnel.
50k map sheet Bath (265)

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Map reference ST 8507 6886
Year collected 2014 
Bore name Not applicable
Confidentiality No restrictions