The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Horbury Rock

Computer Code: HRR Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Duckmantian Substage (CB) — Duckmantian Substage (CB)
Lithological Description: Relatively soft, fine-grained yellow and brown sandstone, wedge-bedded, with layers of sandy mudstone.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: To c.50m
Geographical Limits: West Yorkshire area [Horbury, near Wakefield].
Parent Unit: Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation (PMCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
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:
E077 E078