The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Cuil Bay Slate Formation

Computer Code: DACB Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Neoproterozoic Era (AZ) — Neoproterozoic Era (AZ)
Lithological Description: Pelite and semipelite and trace graphitic pelite, metacarbonate-rock and quartzite.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Blair Atholl Subgroup (DABA)
Previous Name(s): Cuil Bay Slates [Obsolete Name and Code: Use DACB] (-4583)
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
S053