The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Jordanhill New Blackband Ironstone

Computer Code: JDNB Preferred Map Code: JDNB
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Pendleian Substage (CE) — Pendleian Substage (CE)
Lithological Description: Stone streaked with coal 4" (10cm). Blackband ironstone 6" (15cm).
Definition of Lower Boundary: Conformable.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Conformable.
Thickness: 10" (25.5 cm).
Geographical Limits: Not defined.
Parent Unit: Limestone Coal Formation (LSC)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Mine Abandonment Plan No. 2775. 
Reference(s):
Macgregor, M, Lee, G W, and Wilson, G V. 1920. Special Report on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain: The Iron Ores of Scotland. Memoir of the Geological Survey, Scotland, 100-101. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S030