The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Cadgers Loan Sandstone

Computer Code: CDLS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Pendleian Substage (CE) — Pendleian Substage (CE)
Lithological Description: Sandstone with pebbly bands and garnets.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Conformable.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Conformable.
Thickness: c.90 feet. (c.100 feet near Fallin, Cowie, and Carbrook; 155 feet in Doll Mill Bore).
Geographical Limits: Glasgow-Airdrie area, Central Coalfield.
Parent Unit: Upper Limestone Formation (ULGS)
Previous Name(s): Cadgers Loan Rock [Obsolete Name and Code: Use CDLS] (-117)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Carbrook Mains Bore, near Plean, NS88NW/52. 
Reference(s):
Francis, E H, Forsyth, I H, Read, W A and Armstrong, M. 1970. The geology of the Stirling district. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 39 (Scotland). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S039 S031 S030