The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Mountsorrel Complex
Computer Code: | MSRL | Preferred Map Code: | MC |
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Status Code: | Full | ||
Age range: | Caradoc Series (O4) — Caradoc Series (O4) | ||
Lithological Description: | An association of coarse grained igneous rocks, principally consisting of granodiorite and occurring within a roughly circular intrusive body. | ||
Definition of Lower Boundary: | Not seen; the Complex is intruded into hornfelsed slaty mudrocks believed to be correlatives of the Stockingford Shale Group (Cambrian to Ordovician). | ||
Definition of Upper Boundary: | Unconformably overlain by Triassic strata and Quaternary superficial deposits. | ||
Thickness: | Vertical thickness unknown; the surface outcrops extend over 2.5km, with probable extensions at depth on all sides. | ||
Geographical Limits: | Extends from Brazil Wood northeastwards into Mountsorrel Village. | ||
Parent Unit: | Not Applicable (-) | ||
Previous Name(s): | Granite
(GRNT)
Granite (GRNT) |
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Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Stratotypes: | |||
Reference Section | Kinchley Hill. | ||
Reference Section | Brazil Wood | ||
Type Area | Western slopes of Buddon Wood, extending northwards around Buddon Quarry to Rowhele Wood, in the grounds of Quorn House. | ||
Reference(s): | |||
Le Bas, M J. 1968. Caledonian igneous rocks, 41 - 58. The Geology of the East Midlands. Sylvester-Bradley, P C and Ford, T D. (eds.). Leicester. Leicester University Press. | |||
Fox-Strangways, C,1903. The geology of the country near Leicester. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, Sheet 156 (England and Wales). | |||
Pharaoh, T C, Brewer, T S and Webb, P C. 1993. Subduction related magmatism of late Ordovician age in eastern England, Geological Magazine, Vol.130, 647 - 656. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
E156 |