The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Woodhead Crag Sandstone

Computer Code: WCS Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Courceyan Substage (CF) — Courceyan Substage (CF)
Lithological Description: Hard, quatzitic, fine- to medium-grained wedge-bedded sandstone. Some layers are "curled" or slumped.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: c.4.5m
Geographical Limits: Lyne valley and adjacent areas, Cumbria.
Parent Unit: Main Algal Member (MAN)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Lexique Stratigraphique International. 1971. Volume 1, Europe, Fascicule 3a, England, Wales and Scotland, Part 3a VII, Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E012