The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Byne Hill Intrusion

Computer Code: BYNE Preferred Map Code: BYNE
Status Code: Full
Age range: Arenig Series (OR) — Arenig Series (OR)
Lithological Description: Leucotonalite ('trondhjemite').
Definition of Lower Boundary: Intrusive contact.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Intrusive contact.
Thickness: Two similarly trending elongate bodies, each c. 1km x 0.25km
Geographical Limits: Girvan area, southwest Scotland.
Parent Unit: Ballantrae Ophiolite Complex (BX)
Previous Name(s): Byne Hill Granite (-743)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Type Area  Byne Hill, 3km south of Girvan. Bloxam, T W, 1968. 
Reference Section  Grey Hill, 5km southwest of Girvan. Stone and Smellie, 1988. 
Reference(s):
Bloxam, T W. 1968. Petrology of Byne Hill, Ayrshire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. 68, 105-122. 
Stone, P and Smellie, J L, 1988. Classical areas of British Geology: The Ballantrae area: a description of the solid geology of parts of 1:25 000 sheets NX 08, 18 and 19. [London: HMSO for British Geological Survey.] 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S007