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 geological walk, Blease Fell |
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| quarry, Threlkeld | ||
| site name:- | Blease Fell | |
| locality:- | High Row | |
| civil parish:- | Threlkeld (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | quarry (disused) | |
| locality type:- | geological site | |
| coordinates:- | NY30252567 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3025 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY32 | |
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| MN photo:- |
This small quarry exposes the Skiddaw Group mudstone, overlain by glacial drift. Many
of the boulders lying around are glacial erratics, Borrowdale Volcanic rocks. The
mudstones are sedimentary rock, fine grained, flaky, layered, but have no cleavage. |
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| In a second exposure a little up the path it is possible to find cross bedding in
the sedimentation. |
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| The quarry is by the car parking area above the Blencathra Field Studies Centre. |
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| NB: beware my amateur geological knowledge. |
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 BPR21.jpg (taken 26.9.2008)  BPR22.jpg Skiddaw mudstone, rock lying on the quarry floor. (taken 26.9.2008) |
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JandMN : 387 BXO28.jpg Rock, hand specimen of Skiddaw mudstone, slightly metamorphosed to slate, from a disused quarry, on Blease Fell, Threlkeld, Cumberland, NY30252567, 12 October 2012. Skiddaw group, mudstone; Ordovician, Llanvirn/Arenig. (taken 12.10.2012) |
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