The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Felton St Mary's Limestone

Computer Code: FSML Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Arnsbergian Substage (CG) — Arnsbergian Substage (CG)
Lithological Description: Ochreous-weathering, grey, bedded, crinoidal limestone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: c.1.8m
Geographical Limits: In and around the Coquet Valley, near Felton, Northumberland.
Parent Unit: Upper Limestone Formation (ULGS)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): Sugar Sands Limestone
Corbridge Limestone
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E009