The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Great House Intrusion

Computer Code: GHIN Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Early Mississippian Epoch (CMIE) — Mid Mississippian Epoch (CMIM)
Lithological Description: Monchiquite.
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: Not Available (!)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Boulton, W S. 1911. On a monchiquite intrusion in the Old Red Sandstone of Monmouthshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. 67, 460-476. 
Welch, F B A and Trotter, F M. 1961. Geology of the country around Monmouth and Chepstow. Explanation of one-inch geological sheets 233 and 250. Memoir of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. 
Eyles, V A and Blundell, C R K, 1957. On a Volcanic Vent and Associated Monchiquite Intrusions in Monmouthshire. Geological Magazine, Vol.94, 54-57. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E250