The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Newcastle Formation [Obsolete: use HA]
| Computer Code: | NCL | Preferred Map Code: | Ncl |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Asturian Substage (CAS) — Asturian Substage (CAS) | ||
| Lithological Description: | [Obsolete: use HA] Grey sandstones, siltstones and mudstones with minor reddened strata; coals few and thin; some thin limestones near base. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Gradation into grey beds from red beds of Etruria Formation, as at Metallic Tileries section. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Passage through intermediate or interbedded colours to red beds of Keele Formation - for details see sections relating to Keele Formation. | ||
| Thickness: | To c.150m | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Potteries Syncline; Halesowen Formation farther south. | ||
| Parent Unit: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Newcastle Group [Obsolete Name and Code: Use NCL]
(-416)
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Series ; Newcastle Beds [Obsolete Name and Code: Use NCL] (-417) Newcastle Formation [Obsolete Name and Code: Use NCL] (-2333) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Potteries Syncline; boreholes and some natural sections; traditional type locality at railway cutting, Newcastle-under-Lyme, see Gibson, 1899, p125. | ||
| Reference Section | Reference section for whole unit: Sidway Mill Borehole, SJ73NE/3, from 2141ft 8in to 2556ft depth. | ||
| Reference Section | Reference section for whole formation: Barker's Wood Borehole, SJ84NW/68, from 93ft to 498ft depth. | ||
| Reference Section | Reference section for base, Metallic Tileries section, designated SSSI; section b on geological sheet SJ84NW. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Rees, J G and Wilson, A A. 1998. Geology of the country around Stoke-on-Trent. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet 123 (England and Wales). | |||
| Pocock R W, Whitehead T H, Wedd C B and Robertson T. 1938. Shrewsbury District including the Hanwood Coalfield. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, England and Wales. (London: H.M.S.O.). | |||
| Powell, J H, Chisholm, JI, Bridge, D M, Rees, J G, Glover, B W and Besly, B M. 2000. Stratigraphical framework for Westphalian to Early Permian red-bed successions of the Pennine Basin. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/99/10. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E123 | |||