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Geological Guide to Barrow


(Barrow Scree Slopes of the Kirkstile Formation) - 2004

On the eastern faces of Barrow, the Kirkstile formation can be seen in scree slopes, on the southern faces there is a fault in which volcanic rocks from the 'Borrowdale Volcanic Group' yield a variety of minerals.

Ordovician
Ashgill
 Hirnantian 443 to 444
Rawtheyan 444 to 445
Cautleyan 445 to 447
Pusgillian 447 to 449
Caradoc
 Streffordian 449 to 451
Geneyan 451 to 453
Burrellian 453 to 456
Aurelucian 456 to 458
Llanvirn
 Llandeilian 458 to 464
Abereiddian 464 to 470
Arenig
 Fennian 470 to 475
Whitlandian 475 to 480
Moridunian 480 to 485
Tremadoc
 485 to 495

Arenig
470 - 485 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS
LOCATIONS
Skiddaw Group & Eycott Volcanic Group
Kirkstile Slates Hodgson How Quarry
Causey Pike
Stair Stream
Barrow
Buttermere Formation Stair Stream
Loweswater Flags
 
Hope Beck Slates  

Caradoc
449 - 458 MYA
FORMATIONS AND DEPOSITS
LOCATIONS
Upper Borrowdale
Volcanic Group
 Yewdale Formation Coniston Area
Yewdale Breccia Barrow
Coniston Area
Tilberthwaite Tuff
 Barrow
High Fell Quarry
Onnian
 Onny Shales The Onny Trail
Actonian Acton Scott Group The Onny Trail
Marshbrookian Cheney Longville Flags The Onny Trail
Woolstonian Alternata Limestone The Onny Trail
Longvillian Chatwell Sandstone The Onny Trail
Soudleyan Chatwell Flags The Onny Trail
Harnagian Harnage Shales The Onny Trail
Costonian Hoar Edge Grit The Onny Trail
Mydrim Shales Druidston Haven
Lower Borrowdale
Volcanic Group		 Seathwaite Fells Barrow
Airy's Bridge Barrow

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