The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Hargate End Limestone

Computer Code: HGEL Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Asbian Substage (CR) — Asbian Substage (CR)
Lithological Description: Limestone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: Greenhow area, Yorkshire.
Parent Unit: Danny Bridge Limestone Formation (DBL)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Dunham, K C and Stubblefield, C J. 1944. The stratigraphy, structure and mineralization of the Greenhow mining area, Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Vol.100, 209-268. 
Dean, M T, Browne, M A E, Waters, C N and Powell, J H. 2011. A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of northern Great Britain (onshore). British Geological Survey Research Report, RR/10/007. 165pp. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E061