The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Kexbrough Rock

Computer Code: KXR Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Duckmantian Substage (CB) — Duckmantian Substage (CB)
Lithological Description: Dominantly a thickly bedded, fine-grained sandstone, but locally flaggy and current-bedded, with impersistent sandy mudstone bands.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: c.25m
Geographical Limits: South Yorkshire, Barnsley area and to south.
Parent Unit: Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation (PMCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): Haigh Moor Rock
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:
none recorded or not applicable