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III.—On the Discovery of a Quartzose Conglomerate at Caldon Low, Staffs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. Wilfrid Jackson  and
W. E. Alkins
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During a visit to the limestone quarries at Caldon Low last September we had the good fortune to discover an interesting exposure of a quartzose conglomerate containing numerous fossils. The bed was exposed in a strong joint-face running approximately N.N.W. to S.S.E., at the northern extension of the quarry on the north-west flank of the Low, just beyond the mineral line of the North Staffordshire Railway. The altitude is about 900 feet O.D. The conglomerate apparently extended some little distance to the south-west before the opening of the quarry, as we ascertained that some 20 or 30 yards had been removed in gaining access to the limestone behind. It appears to extend for some distance round the flank of the Low towards the north-east.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , February 1919 , pp. 59 - 64
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1919

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