| Computer Code: |
HOF |
Preferred Map Code: |
HOF |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Wenlock Epoch (SW)
— Ludlow Epoch (SU) |
| Lithological Description: |
[Obsolete: use WRE] Laminated silty mudstone. Underlying and overlying units are greywacke sandstones. |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Incoming of laminated silty mudstone above Harlock Formation (sandstone). |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Base of overlying formation/subgroup turbidite sandstones. |
| Thickness: |
600m. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Horrace Flags [Obsolete Name and Code: Use HOF]
(-4098)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Horrace Hill, Sheet 48, Ulverston. |
| Reference(s): |
| Rose, W C C. 1977. Geology and Hematite deposits of South Cumbria. Economic Memoir for 1:50,000 Sheet 58 and southern part of Sheet 48. Memoir of the geological Survey of Great Britain. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
E048
|
