The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Cairngarroch Intrusion

Computer Code: CAGA Preferred Map Code: CAGA
Status Code: Full
Age range: Pridoli Epoch (SO) — Early Devonian Epoch (DL)
Lithological Description: Diorite.
Definition of Lower Boundary: Intrusive contact.
Definition of Upper Boundary: Intrusive contact.
Thickness: c. 0.3 square km in total area (elongate)
Geographical Limits: Rhins of Galloway, southwest Scotland.
Parent Unit: Galloway Granitic Suite (GALGR)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Reference Section  Cairngarroch Bay, Rhins of Galloway. 
Reference(s):
Stone, P, 1995. Geology of the Rhins of Galloway district. Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheets 1 & 3 (Scotland). 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S001 S003