| Computer Code: |
SPAN |
Preferred Map Code: |
SPAN |
| Status Code: |
Full |
| Age range: |
Pridoli Epoch (SO)
— Early Devonian Epoch (DL) |
| Lithological Description: |
Minor pluton of granodiorite intruded into wackes of the Leadhills Supergroup (Ordovician). |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Intrusive. |
| Thickness: |
Elliptical pluton c.5km x 2.4km, orientated NE - SW. |
| Geographical Limits: |
Sanquhar area. |
| Parent Unit: |
South Of Scotland Granitic Suite (SSCGR)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
Spango Granodiorite [Obsolete Name and Code: Use SPAN]
(-2438)
|
| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
|
| Stratotypes: |
| Type Section |
Gareland Burn - Spango Water, 9km north of Sanquhar. |
| Reference(s): |
| Walker, F, 1928. The plutonic intrusions of the Southern Uplands east of the Nith Valley. Geological Magazine, Vol. 65, p. 153 - 162. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
|
S015
S015
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