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BUILDING_STONE_ID | STONE_NAME | PARENT BUILDING STONE  ID | ALTERNATIVE_NAMES | [NAME] | COLOUR | COLOUR_VARIATION | WEATHERED COLOUR | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY | CHRONOSTRAT | STONE_LITHOLOGY | GRAIN_SIZE | [NAME] | KEY_IDENTIFICATION_FEATURES | FAILURE_WEATHERING | CONTEXT_OF_USE | LOCALITY_OF_USE | DATE_COMPILED | COMPILED_BY | MINERAL PLANNING AREA | English Heritage Atlas Area | SOURCE_OF_INFO | retrieval_date
244 | Tutbury Gypsum | 1 | Tutbury Alabaster, Tutbury Stone | White, massive fine grained, occasionally red and marly. | WHITE | Uniform | Grey | TUTBURY GYPSUM | TRIASSIC | NOT ENTERED | FINE GRAINED | None | Very soft, white / grey | Very soft and dissolves | Too soft and susceptible to weathering for external use. Only one known occurrence at Tutbury Church. Often used as decorative internal stone in churches and other buildings. | Only exterior use is 2nd rim of arch on west doorway of St Mary's Church, Tutbury (1160).  Interior use as a decorative stone used nationally, particularly in churches and stately buildings. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
245 | Waterstones | 1 | [NAME], [NAME], Denstone Formation, [NAME] | Micaceous siltstones with interbedded mudstones and sandstones. Mostly reddish-brown but with green-grey mottling and layers. | RED | Uniform | Red-brown | [NAME] | TRIASSIC | SILTSTONE | VERY FINE GRAINED | Tabular, wave and surrent rippled sands with erosional bases. |  | Soft | Not used as a building stone. | Not used as building stone. Note: Stonehouses quarry is in Hawksmoor Formation not Tarporley Siltstone Formation |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
246 | Sherwood Sandstone | 1 | Bunter Sandstone, Keuper Series | Red-brown conglomerates and sandstones with subordinate red siltones and mudstones. | RED | Uniform | Red-brown, grey-green mottled | SHERWOOD SANDSTONE GROUP | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  | Well-cemented, uniform sandstones are extensively used as a building stone across Staffordshire and elsewhere. | Across Staffordshire |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
247 | [NAME] | 246 | [NAME], Helsby Sandstone, Bromsgrove Sandstone, Hollington Sandstone, [NAME], Grinshill Sandstone, Alton Stone | Obsolete term. See Helsby Sandstone for Cheshire Basin or Bromsgrove Sandstone for Stafford and Needwood Basins. Hollington Sandstone was formerly used in the Needwood Basin. |  |  |  | SHERWOOD SANDSTONE GROUP |  | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED |  |  |  |  | See Helsby, Bromsgrove and [NAME] | Across Staffordshire |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
248 | Helsby Sandstone | 246 | Lower Keuper Sandstone, Bearstone Sandstones, Grinshill Sandstone | Fluvial facies comprises reddish brown to white micaceous, medium- to coarse-grained sandstones with pebbles.  Aeolian sandstones are well sorted, fine to medium grained and pebble free. | BROWN | Uniform | Red or cream/grey / mottled | HELSBY SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Cross bedding | Reddish brown to white medium grained sandstones. Occasional barite crystals. Characteristic quartz/barite cemented fractures. | Initially moderately soft but weathers to a hard finish. | Building and walling stone | Quarried at Napley Heath, probable local use. Grinshill Sandstone, quarried just to the west of the region is widespread throughout Staffordshire. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
249 | Bromsgrove Sandstone | 246 | Lower Keuper Sandstone, Upper Sandstone, [NAME], [NAME], Tixall Stone, Penkridge Stone, [NAME], [NAME]. | Dark-brown, red to pale-yellow and [NAME], occasionally mottled, calcareous, fine to medium-grained micaceous sandstones. Moderately well-rounded grains.  Formation contains more sanidine, orthoclase, biotite and apatite than underlying formations. Also contains acid igneous clasts. Intraformational conglomerates of mudstone clasts are common.  Local non-micaceous sandstones with well-rounded 'millet-seed' grains, with inverse lamination and large scale trough cross bedding indicate aeolian reworking of the fluvial facies. Generally coarser towards southeast. | BROWN | Uniform | Grey / dark red-brown | BROMSGROVE SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Large scale current bedding and flaggy lamination. | Generally a more brown coloured sandstone than its lateral equivalents, the Helsby and [NAME]. Can contain ventifacts, unlike [NAME] and [NAME].  Malachite occasionally occurs as a cement. | Fairly resistant to weathering. | Extensive use as building and walling stone | Quarries widespread across most of Staffordshire, as is its use as a building and walling stone. Quarries in northwest at Beech; in west from Offley to Weston-Under-Lizard; southwest from Stafford to Brewood, Penkridge and Codsall; central to southea |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
250 | Hollington Sandstone | 246 | Lower Keuper Sandstone, Hollington Stone, [NAME], Hollington Formation, Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation | Cross-bedded, red-brown and yellow, medium- to coarse-grained, moderately well-sorted subarkosic sandstones, commonly in fining upwards units. Fluids have locally leached iron staining giving rise to pale reds, cream and mottled colours. Pebbles include mudstone intraclasts. Intergranular cement of calcite, barite and less commonly dolomite. | RED | Uniform | Red-brown, grey or mottled depending on original colour | BROMSGROVE SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC to TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE | MEDIUM GRAINED | Current bedded. Thin bedding.  Red/green marl rip-up clasts. | Very similar to Helsby 'Grinshill' Sandstone. Well cemented, red-brown, cream and mottled varieties. Medium grained and with occasional barite crystals. Usually distinguished by the lack of quartz/barite cemented fractures. | Well cemented. Generally resistant to weathering. | Extensive use as building and walling stone | Extensively quarried around Stanton, Alton and Hollington. Local use including [NAME], [NAME], Alton Towers and [NAME] Church Hollington. [NAME] use includes the portico at Biddulph Grange, the Royal Bank of Scotland |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
251 | Wildmoor Sandstone | 246 | Upper Mottled Sandstone, [NAME] | Bright orange-red to dark brick-red sandstones, fine- to medium-grained, pebbles rare | RED | Mottled | Red-brown / green mottled | WILDMOOR SANDSTONE FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Cross bedding | Red, mottled green and brown, medium grain size, few pebbles | Generally poorly cemented so friable | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried near Loggerheads, Bishop's Offley and [NAME] for dimension stone. Probable local use. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
252 | Bunter Pebble Beds | 246 | [NAME], Kidderminster Conglomerate, [NAME] | Obsolete term. See Chester Pebble Beds Formation for Cheshire Basin, Kidderminster Formation for Stafford Basin and Hawksmoor Formation for Needwood Basin. Hollington Sandstone was formerly used in the Needwood Basin. |  |  |  | CHESTER PEBBLE BEDS FORMATION | TRIASSIC | CONGLOMERATE |  |  |  |  |  | Across Staffordshire |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
253 | [NAME] | 246 | Bunter Pebble Beds, Chester Pebble Beds, Chester Pebble Beds Formation, | Ochreous to foxy red-brown pebbly medium- to coarse-grained sandstones with conglomerates | RED | Uniform | Red-brown | CHESTER PEBBLE BEDS FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, COARSE-GRAINED | COARSE GRAINED | Planar and trough cross bedding, grading, imbrication | Red-brown pebbly sandstones. Difficult to distinguish from other Bunter Pebble Beds. Liver coloured quartzite pebbles dominate with quartz, chert, rhyolite and limestone clasts | Generally poorly cemented so friable | Building and walling stone | Quarried for sandstone at Audley, Bar Hill and [NAME] including use for Heighley Castle, later robbed for [NAME] Church, Betley. Other local use likely. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
254 | Kidderminster Conglomerate | 246 | Bunter Pebble Beds Kidderminster Formation, Kidderminster Conglomerate Formation, Cannock Chase Pebble Beds, Cannock Chase Formation. | Ochre-brown to red-brown pebbly medium- to coarse grained sandstones and conglomerates. | RED | Uniform | Red-brown | KIDDERMINSTER FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, COARSE-GRAINED | COARSE GRAINED | Planar and trough cross bedding, grading, imbrication | Red-brown pebbly sandstones. Difficult to distinguish from other Bunter Pebble Beds. Liver coloured quartzite pebbles dominate with quartz, chert, rhyolite and limestone clasts | Generally poorly cemented so friable | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried for sandstone at Loggerheads, Oulton, Sandon, Stafford, Wombourne, Kinver, Hoton, Rugeley, Tittensor and Wolverhampton. Probable local use. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
255 | Hawksmoor Sandstone | 246 | Bunter Pebble Beds, Hawksmoor Formation, [NAME], [NAME], Kidderminster Formation | Red-brown, yellow, or yellow-mottled, very fine- to coarse-grained sandstones, commonly cross-bedded, locally micaceous, silty or argillaceous, pebbly or conglomeratic. | RED | Uniform | Red-brown | HAWKSMOOR FORMATION | TRIASSIC | SANDSTONE, COARSE-GRAINED | COARSE GRAINED | Planar and trough cross bedding, grading, imbrication | Red-brown pebbly sandstones. Difficult to distinguish from other Bunter Pebble Beds. Liver coloured quartzite pebbles dominate with quartz, chert, rhyolite and limestone clasts | Generally poorly cemented so friable | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried in Meir area, Blythe Bridge, Fulford, and Oakover. Probable local use and parts of St Giles' [NAME]-Under-Lyme. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
256 | Hopwas Sandstone | 1 | [NAME],  [NAME], [NAME], [NAME]. | Soft, red-brown, calcareous sandstone with occasional lines of lithic fragments or small lenticular patches. Lithics are limestone pebbles, quartzite, igneous rock and  fossiliferous Silurian sandstone | RED | Uniform | [NAME] | [NAME] |  | SANDSTONE, COARSE-GRAINED | COARSE GRAINED | Cross bedding | Red-brown calcareous sandstones with limestone pebbles, quartzite, igneous rock and  fossiliferous Silurian sandstone | Calcareous cement easily weathers, rock disintegrates leaving a brown loam | Possible walling stone but soft nature makes building stone unlikely. | Sandstones quarried near Hopwas. Possible local use and further afield as quarry near canal but weathers easily so unlikely wide use. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
257 | [NAME] | 1 | [NAME], [NAME], [NAME]  Member, Bowhills Formation, Calcareous Conglomerate Formation, [NAME], [NAME], [NAME] | Red-brown mudstones with subordinate sublitharenite sandstones.  For units used as building stones see Enville Sandstone, Alveley Stone |  |  |  | SALOP FORMATION |  | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  | See [NAME], [NAME] | See Enville Sandstone, Alveley Stone |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
258 | Enville Sandstone | 257 | [NAME], [NAME], [NAME]  Member, Bowhills Formation, Calcareous Conglomerate Formation, [NAME], [NAME], [NAME], [NAME] | Highly-calcareous, red-brown, quartzose, fine- to coarse-grained sandstone, locally pebbly, and lenticular beds of conglomerate. Sandstone mostly sublitharenite; conglomerate clasts mostly rounded [NAME] and quartzite with subangular red/yellow/grey/black cherts and quartz. | BROWN | Uniform | Red-brown | ENVILLE MEMBER |  | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Cross bedding | Red-brown calcareous sublitharenite with sub-angular cherts and rounded limestone pebbles |  | Building and walling stone | Quarried for building stone west of Kinver, east of Wombourne, southwest of Loggerheads, at Hopwas and at Hilton Park. Probable local use. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
259 | Alveley Stone | 257 | Alveley Member, [NAME], [NAME], [NAME] | Fine-grained sandstone with lithic fragments.  Angular grains of quartz with a few mica flakes.  Markedly calcareous cement. Rounded pellets of marl, sandy marl, calcium & iron carbonate. | WHITE | Uniform | Rich red / red-brown to pale yellow/brown | ALVELEY MEMBER | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | FINE GRAINED | Cross bedding | Calcareous sandstone. Pellets of marl, sandy marl and calcareous material. Specks and threads of green malachite. | Weathering causes dissolution of carbonate cement causing rock to soften. | Building and walling stone | Quarried between Amington and Glascote, used for walling |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
260 | Halesowen Sandstone | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | HALESOWEN FORMATION | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
261 | Butterton Sandstone | 260 | Butterton Sandstone, Butterton Sandstone Member, [NAME], Keele Sandstone, [NAME], [NAME] | Micaceous sublitharenite, with intraformational conglomerate lags. | RED | Uniform | red-brown | BUTTERTON SANDSTONE BED | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Cross bedding, upward-fining | fine-coarse grained, micaceous sublitharenite. | Significant weathering along lamination | Building and walling stone | Quarried at Newcastle, Madeley and [NAME]. Probable local use including. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
262 | Springpool Sandstone | 260 | Springpool Sandstone, Springpool Sandstone Member, [NAME], Keele Sandstone, [NAME], [NAME] | Strongly micaceous lithic arenite containing high proportion of grains derived from low grade metasedimentary rocks. Red, (locally grey) fine- to coarse grained, locally pebbly sandstones containing abundant mudstone intraclasts. | RED | Uniform | red-brown | SPRINGPOOL SANDSTONE BED | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Cross bedding. | Fine-coarse grained, micaceous haematitic-cemented litharenite. | Significant weathering along lamination | Building and walling stone | Quarried Hem Heath, Northwood & Oxhay Wood (Newcastle), [NAME].  Probable local use including Keele Church, Keele Hall and Village. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
263 | Hanchurch Sandstone | 260 | [NAME] | Greenish-grey fine- to medium-grained lithic micaceous arenite.  [NAME] grains of low-grade metamorphic origin. Transition to red coloration. | GREY | Uniform | [NAME] | HANCHURCH SANDSTONE BED | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Cross bedding. | Fine-medium grained, micaceous lithic arenite. Weather a distinctive brown colour.  Where reddened is indistinguishable from Springpool Sandstone Bed | Significant weathering along lamination | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried at Hanchurch, Keele and Basford. Probable local use including Newcastle Guildhall. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
264 | Big Brown Sandstone | 260 | [NAME] | Brown to dark-brown micaceous sandstone.  Well-cemented. Common plant fragments. | BROWN | Uniform | [NAME] | HALESOWEN FORMATION | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Unknown | Brown colour. Larger mica flakes than usual for Coal Measures sandstones. Common plant fragments. | Significant weathering along lamination | Building Stone | Quarried at Wilnecote. Probable local use close to Watling Street / old A5 so likely used further afield including [NAME] Church, Tamworth. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
265 | Spirorbis Limestone | 260 | [NAME] | Fine -grained compact limestone from dark-grey to light-grey, weathering [NAME], occasionally white or cream coloured. Often brecciated or fragmental. | GREY | Uniform | [NAME] | SPIRORBIS LIMESTONE BED | CARBONIFEROUS | LIMESTONE | FINE GRAINED | Brecciation | Grey limestone with rare Spirorbis annelids. |  | Unknown | Quarried at Wilnecote. Unknown use. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
266 | [NAME] | 1 | Espley Grits, Espley Rocks, [NAME] | Greenish-grey lithic arenites, fine- to coarse-grained sandstones. Polycrystalline quartz of metamorphic provenance, quartzite, jasper and weathered igneous fragments. Green colour from chlorite rich matrix from alteration of basic detriatal grains. | GREEN | Uniform | Green-grey | [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Lenticular bedding | Green-grey colour.  Contains weathered igneous fragments |  | Unknown | Quarried at Chatterley, near Tunstall. Probably local use at colliery. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
267 | Coal Measures Sandstones | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PENNINE COAL MEASURES GROUP | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  | Unknown | Staffordshire |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
268 | Sandstone above [NAME] | 267 | Pennine Upper Coal Measures Sandstone | Sandstones associated with conglomerates with well-rounded quartz, quartzite and igneous pebbles. |  |  |  | PENNINE [NAME] [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED |  | Unknown | Unknown |  | Unknown | Quarried at Little Chell, [NAME]. Probable local use. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
269 | Middle Coal Measures Sandstone | 267 | [NAME], Ten-Feet Rock | Unkown |  |  |  | PENNINE MIDDLE COAL MEASURES [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE |  | Unknown | Unknown |  | Unknown | Quarried near Scot Hay. Probable local use at collieries. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
270 | Ten-Feet Rock | 267 | Pennine Middle Coal Measures, Ten-Foot Rock | Fine- to medium-grained and micaceous sandstone. Locally reddened by overlying [NAME] | YELLOW | Uniform | Yellow, reddened between Tunstall and [NAME] | TEN-FEET ROCK (NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE) | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE | FINE GRAINED | Mostly massive but locally lateral accretion surfaces. | Fine-medium grained, micaceous, flaggy |  | Building Stone | Quarried for building stone at Coalpit Hill, Talke and Alsagers Bank. Probably used locally. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
271 | [NAME] | 267 | Pennine Middle Coal Measures | Thick, fine-grained sandstone | BUFF | Uniform | Buff/orange | THICK COAL ROCK | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | FINE GRAINED | Unknown | Fine grained |  | Building stone | Quarried at Bilston. Probable local use but quarry close to railway so possible use further afield, possibly including Severn bridge at Worcester. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
272 | Banbury Rock | 267 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures Sandstone | Coarse-grained, fining upwards. [NAME]-up clasts at base. Associated with ironstone. | WHITE | Uniform | [NAME]/grey-brown | PENNINE LOWER COAL MEASURES [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE | COARSE GRAINED | Unknown | Coarse-grained. [NAME]-up clasts | Resistant | Mostly unknown. Used for RAF Hednesford monument on Cannock Chase. | Quarried at Miry Wood. Probably local use. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
273 | Sandstone above King Coal | 267 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures Sandstone | No description in Macclesfield Memoir |  |  |  | PENNINE LOWER COAL MEASURES [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  | Unknown | Quarried at Cobb Moor. Probable local and regional use |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
274 | Kingsley Sandstone | 267 | Woodhead Sandstone, Pennine Lower Coal Measures Sandstone | Silty fine-grained arkosic rock with abundant mica matrix. Strongly stained by ferric oxide. | BUFF | Uniform | [NAME]/yellow-brown | KINGSLEY SANDSTONE | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | FINE GRAINED | Ripple laminated. Subordinate parallel and cross-bedding. | Silty, fine grained arkosic. Micaceous matrix | Soft sandstone so weathers easily. | Local building stone but too soft for widespread use. | Quarried in Kingsley for the local Church and other buildings in village. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
275 | Woodhead Hill Rock | 267 | Pennine Lower Coal Measures Sandstone | Pink or red stained. Medium- to coarse-grained, very feldspathic sub-arkose to arkose. A few felsic lithoclasts (chert or acid volcanic rock). Poorly sorted and sub-angular clasts. Strongly compacted. | RED | Uniform | Red/orange-brown | WOODHEAD HILL ROCK | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Cross bedding. | Sub-arkosic to arkosic, more feldspathic than Rough Rock or Chatsworth Grit. Poor sorting and rounding of grains and clasts. Coarse crystallinity of authigenic clay and a cataclastic matrix. |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried near Consallforge, Consall Wood and Knypersley and local use for buildings and walling probable. Consallforge quarries are close to canal and railway so likely transported further as well. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
276 | Millstone Grit | 1 | Longnor Sandstone, Sheen Sandstone, Five Clouds Sandstone, Roaches Grit, [NAME], Rough Rock | Fine- to very coarse-grained feldspathic sandstones.  Interbedded with dark siltstones, mudstones and coals. For building stone use see [NAME], Sheen Sandstone, Five Clouds Sandstone, Roaches Grit, [NAME], Rough Rock |  |  |  | MILLSTONE GRIT GROUP [SEE ALSO MIGR] | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  | See [NAME], Sheen Sandstone, Five Clouds Sandstone, Roaches Grit, [NAME], Rough Rock | See [NAME], Sheen Sandstone, Five Clouds Sandstone, Roaches Grit, [NAME], Rough Rock |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
277 | Rough Rock | 276 | First Grit | Red/purple/pink medium- to coarse-grained feldspathic sandstone. | RED | Uniform | Red/purple, pink | ROUGH ROCK | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, COARSE-GRAINED | COARSE GRAINED | Current bedded. Rhythmic graded bedded. | Purple red or pink colour, variable feldspar 5-10%, pebbles rare, flaggy and micaceous with shale partings. Often more distinctly bedded that [NAME]. | Walling blocks tend to weather round, causing stability problems | Building stone and much walling stone | Many quarries, particularly [NAME], [NAME], Mow Cop Ridge, Wetley Rocks, [NAME]. Will have supplied building stone and walling stone in these areas. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
278 | Chatsworth Grit | 276 | Second Grit, [NAME] | Medium- to very coarse-, occasionally fine-grained, locally pebbly sandstones. [NAME] brown/red with white kaolinised feldspar grains, poor-moderate sorting, arkosic. Quartz grains of igneous origin. Pore spaces filled with clays and secondary quartz. | PALE-BROWN | Uniform | Brick red, dark pink | CHATSWORTH GRIT | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, COARSE-GRAINED | COARSE GRAINED | Cross bedding. | Immature, weathering brick red, uniform colour. Generally massive bedded. Layers of rounded vein quartz & feldspar pebbles. [NAME], often in rectangular laths and highly argillised. Distinctive zircons and brown/green tourmalines | Walling blocks tend to weather round, causing stability problems | Building stone and much walling stone | Many quarries, main ones are [NAME], Rudyard and Bagnall and Biddulph Moor. Used locally including Mow Cop Castle and village, and Biddulph Grange. Other area include Newtown, Ipstones, [NAME], [NAME] and Longsden |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
279 | Roaches Grit | 276 | Third Grit, [NAME] | Medium-to coarse-grained or fine-grained, feldspathic, massive sandstone. Quartz grains of igneous origin. Kaolinite from feldspar disintegration. Secondary quartz overgrowths. Iron oxide imparts pink colouration. | PALE-GREY | Uniform | Pale grey, pink | ROACHES GRIT | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Sole-marks and load casts, current bedded | Pink feldspars common, as are ferruginous concretions. High kaolinite and mica content. Apatite and garnet relatively common. Some pebbles. | Walling blocks tend to weather round, causing stability problems | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried near Heaton, Rushton Spenser and Rudyard. Probable local use. Rudyard quarry close to Rudyard railway station so probable use further afield. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
280 | Sheen Sandstone | 276 | Fifth Grit | Thinly bedded grey-brown fine- to medium grained micaceous sandstone | BROWN | Uniform | Pale-brown grey | SHEEN SANDSTONES | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Ripple laminated | feldspathic, grey pale-brown, |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried at Sheen Moor and Townend, probable local use at Sheen |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
281 | Five Clouds Sandstone | 276 | Fourth Grit, Rushtonhall Grit | Pale brown to pink, coarse-grained, thickly bedded and massive, feldspathic sandstone with ferruginous concretions and scattered mudstone clasts | PALE-BROWN | Uniform | Pale-brown pink | FIVE CLOUDS SANDSTONES | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, COARSE-GRAINED | COARSE GRAINED | Graded, sharp-based beds | feldspathic, pale-brown - pink |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried at Five Clouds near Upper Hulme, and Heaton. Local use probable (Heaton likely walling only). |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
282 | Longnor Sandstone | 276 | [NAME], Longnor Sandstone, [NAME], Upper Kinderscout Grit | Massive, medium- to coarse grained, brown-grey, sub-arkosic, feldspathic sandstone. Sporadic mud-pellets. Argillaceous in lower part. | BROWN | Uniform | [NAME] | LONGNOR SANDSTONE | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Some poor flute casts | Feldspathic, mudstone pellets |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Possibly in Longnor Area |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
283 | Ipstones Edge Sandstone | 1 |  | Fine- to coarse-grained, poorly bedded white or dark orange/brown sandstone with small siliceous pebbles. | WHITE | Uniform | Orange/grey | IPSTONES EDGE SANDSTONES | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Poorly bedded, cross stratified | lack of feldspar, small siliceous pebbles. [NAME] grain size distribution. |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried at Ipstones Edge, probably used locally |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
284 | Blackstone Edge Sandstone | 1 |  | Protoquartzitic fine- to coarse-grained sandstone and mudstone with ironstone beds and nodules. Thin beds less than 30cm thick. | GREY | Uniform | [NAME] | BLACKSTONE EDGE SANDSTONE | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Sharp-based units with sole marks on the bases of units. Soft sediment deformation common. | Lack of feldspar |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried at Blackstone Edge and near Colshaw, likely to have been used locally. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
285 | [NAME] | 1 |  | Fine- to coarse grained protoquartzitic sandstone. | GREY | Uniform | Grey | [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Graded bedding and sharp bases with load structures and directional sole marks | Lack of feldspar |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried at Stunsteads, Bradnop, [NAME], likely to be used locally |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
286 | Morridge Sandstone | 1 | Morredge Sandstones | A fine- to medium-grained quartzitic sandstone with partial secondary silica cement, ovoid patches of finely divided glauconite. | GREY | Uniform | Grey | [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | FINE GRAINED |  | Siliceous, ovoid patches of finely divided glauconite. |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Extensively quarried at Stonyedge.  Probable local use. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
287 | [NAME] | 1 |  | Fine- to coarse grained white flat bedded with rare quartz pebbles | WHITE | Uniform | Grey | BROCKHOLES SANDSTONES | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Flat bedded | White, lack of feldspar, rare quartz pebbles |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried at Brockholes (north of Ipstones), probable local use |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
288 | [NAME] | 1 |  | Fine- to coarse-grained, poorly bedded, cross-bedded and flat bedded sandstone with scattered quartz pebbles, mudstone and ironstone intraclasts and plant stems. White to pale orange, some thin feldspathic bands. (passes laterally into Ipstones Edge Sandstones) | WHITE | Uniform | Orange/yellow | KNIVEDEN SANDSTONES | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Cross bedding, | White, lack of feldspar, small siliceous pebbles. [NAME] grain size distribution. |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried east of [NAME] and at Wetley Rocks, probable local use |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
289 | Cheddleton Sandstone | 1 |  | Fine- to coarse-grained, well-bedded white/cream sandstone, occasional siliceous pebbles and purple-grey siltstone rip -up clasts. Poorly sorted, dominant clasts are metaquartzite with minor felsic volcanics. Range of compaction and secondary quartz cement. (passes laterally into Ipstones Edge Sandstones) | WHITE | Uniform | Pale orange | CHEDDLETON SANDSTONES | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Ripple-lamination, current bedding | White, lack of feldspar, small siliceous pebbles. |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried at Endon Edge, Stanley Moor and [NAME] (near Cheddleton Station), probable local use. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
290 | Hurdlow Sandstone | 1 | Morredge Grits, [NAME], [NAME] | Fine- to very coarse grained, locally containing quartz pebbles and mud flakes. At Winkhill quarry, fine-grained massive amalgamated beds up to a metre thick. | GREY | Uniform | Grey | HURDLOW SANDSTONES | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED | FINE GRAINED | Some sole marks and ripple lamination | Lack of feldspar, highly siliceous. |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Quarried at Winkhill, likely to have been used locally. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
291 | Minn Sandstone | 1 | Morredge Grits, [NAME], [NAME], [NAME] | Mature, fine- to medium-grained quartzitic sandstone. Quartz and siliceous polygranular clasts of igneous origin. Silica >90%. Closely packed. Secondary overgrowths of silica on quartz grains | GREY | Uniform | Grey | MINN SANDSTONES | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED | Graded bedding. | Lack of feldspar, highly siliceous. Heavy minerals include zircon and brown/green/blue tourmaline |  | A poor building stone due to breaking into small blocks and being discoloured by red ironstone nodules. Was worked for walling stones, road aggregate and more recently for local stone fireplaces and general repair | North of Leek |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
292 | Onecote Sandstone | 1 |  | Pale grey-brown calcareous quartz arenites. Mainly thin sharp-based beds of turbidite character, generally of even fine- to medium-grained texture | PALE-GREY | Uniform | Pale-grey - brown | ONECOTE SANDSTONES | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | FINE GRAINED | Poor graded bedding, irregular ripple lamination | Pale grey-brown, thinly bedded, quartzose but feldspar absent |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Locally used between Onecote, [NAME] and Mixon |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
293 | [NAME] | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PEAK LIMESTONE GROUP | CARBONIFEROUS | LIMESTONE |  |  |  |  |  | Staffordshire |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
294 | [NAME] | 293 |  | Pale grey, massive fine- to coarse-grained biosparite limestone.  Equivalent to the Bee Low Limestones of the Derbyshire Shelf. | PALE-GREY | Uniform | Grey | [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS | MEDIUM GRAINED |  | Light colour. |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Northeast Staffordshire. Quarried at Caldon Low, [NAME], Waterhouses, [NAME], Weaver Hills and [NAME]. Used locally |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
295 | [NAME] | 293 |  | Pale grey fine- to medium-grained calcarenites. Peloidal in parts | PALE-GREY | Uniform |  | BEE LOW [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS | MEDIUM GRAINED |  | Light colour. |  | Use is in Peak Park, not in the study area | Northeast Staffordshire but in Peak Park, outside of study area |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
296 | [NAME] | 293 |  | Dark-grey micritic, finely bioclastic calcarenite limestones. Deeper water lateral equivalent of the medium depth Hopedale Limestones and shallow water [NAME] and [NAME] |  | Uniform | [NAME] | [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS | FINE GRAINED | Poorly graded, turbiditic. Erosional bases | Dark colour, fine grained, turbiditic |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Northeast Staffordshire. Quarried at Swinescoe. Used locally |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
297 | Hopedale Limestone | 293 | Waterhouses Limestone, Upper Reef Limestone | Mid-grey, occasionally dark-grey or pale, fine- to medium-grained calcarenites with coarse crinoid debris in the vicinity of knoll-reefs. Intermediate facies between the shallow water [NAME] and the deeper [NAME] | GREY | Uniform | Grey | [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | LIMESTONE | MEDIUM GRAINED |  | Bioclastic and peloidal calcarenites |  | Walling and occasional building stone. | Northeast Staffordshire, including Waterhouses, Grindon, Caulden, and Alstonefield |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
298 | Woo [NAME] | 293 |  | Dark to light grey limestones and dolomitised limestones. Crinoidal biosparites and pelsparites. Shelf equavlent of deeper water Milldale Limestone |  | Uniform |  | WOO DALE LIMESTONE FORMATION | CARBONIFEROUS | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS | MEDIUM GRAINED |  | Dark colour |  | Use is in Peak Park, not in the study area | Northeast Staffordshire but in Peak Park, outside of study area |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
299 | Milldale Limestone | 293 |  | Well-bedded mid-grey crinoidal biosparites and dark grey cherty micrites. Locally dolomitised. Occasional Waulsortian knoll-reefs. Deeper water equivalent of the Woo dale Limestone | GREY | Uniform |  | [NAME] | CARBONIFEROUS | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS | FINE GRAINED |  | Mid-grey, fine grained |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Northeast Stafforshire. Quarried at Calton Moor, [NAME], Cauldon, Stanton, Swinscoe, Thorswood, Waterhouses and the Weaver Hills. Local use. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
300 | Lamprophyre | 1 |  | Hornblende, augite, olivine and biotite phenocrysts with a finer grained groundmass of albite - oligoclase plagioclase feldspar aligned parallel to each other and sill margin | BLACK | Uniform | Black | MIDLANDS MINOR INTRUSIVE SUITE | ORDOVICIAN | IGNEOUS, FINE-GRAINED | FINE GRAINED | N/A | Micro-porphyritic | Olivine and augite phenocrysts weather to chlorite | Use for stone setts | Unknown |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
301 | Bridgnorth Sandstone | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  | Staffordshire |  |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area | BGS Lexicon | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
350 | [NAME] | 1 |  | Attractive, fine-grained sandstone, in a number of hues (blue, green and yellow), is hardwearing and weathers well |  |  |  | SALTWICK FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  | Exposed masonry, steps, window heads and doorways | Staffordshire usage |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
351 | Blue York Stone | 350 |  | Attractive, fine-grained sandstone, in a number of hues (blue, green and yellow), is hardwearing and weathers well | BLUE |  |  | SALTWICK FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  | Exposed masonry, steps, window heads and doorways | Staffordshire usage |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
352 | Green York Stone | 350 |  | Attractive, fine-grained sandstone, in a number of hues (blue, green and yellow), is hardwearing and weathers well | GREEN |  |  | SALTWICK FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  | Exposed masonry, steps, window heads and doorways | Staffordshire usage |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
353 | [NAME] | 350 |  | Attractive, fine-grained sandstone, in a number of hues (blue, green and yellow), is hardwearing and weathers well | YELLOW |  |  | SALTWICK FORMATION | JURASSIC | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  | Exposed masonry, steps, window heads and doorways | Staffordshire usage |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
401 | Limestone, fossiliferous | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  |  |  |  |  | Usage in Staffordshire |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
402 | Aymestry Limestone | 1 |  | Blue-grey, nodular argillaceous limestone intercalated with shaley calcareous mudstone. | GREY | Uniform |  | AYMESTRY [NAME] | SILURIAN | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS |  |  |  |  | Not used as a building stone, quarried for flux in iron making. | Quarried around [NAME] but mostly used as flux for Coalbrookdale ironworks. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
403 | [NAME] | 1 | Lower Limestone, [NAME] | Grey to pale-blue bioclastic limestone with abundant shelly fauna | GREY | Uniform | [NAME], brown | LOWER QUARRIED LIMESTONE MEMBER | SILURIAN | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS | FINE GRAINED |  | Abundant shelly fauna |  | Walling and occasional building stone | Small area around Rushall including Rushall Church |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
404 | [NAME] | 1 |  | Nodular grey micritic limestone forming flattened spheroidal nodules in gray shale matrix. | GREY | Uniform | [NAME] | [NAME] | SILURIAN | LIMESTONE, FOSSILIFEROUS | FINE GRAINED | Nodular | Flattened limestone spheroids in shale matrix |  | Not used for building stone, mostly used for lime manufacture. | Quarried in Walsall area but mainly for lime making. |  | I.G. Stimpson | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
405 | Sandstone | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  |  | Staffordshire |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
406 | Sandstone, fine-grained | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | SANDSTONE, FINE-GRAINED |  |  |  |  |  | Staffordshire |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
407 | Sandstone, medium-grained | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED |  |  |  |  |  | Staffordshire |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
408 | Sandstone, coarse-grained | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | SANDSTONE, COARSE-GRAINED |  |  |  |  |  | Staffordshire |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
409 | Ferruginous sandstone | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | SANDSTONE, FERRUGINOUS |  |  |  |  |  | Staffordshire |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
410 | Keele Sandstone | 1 | Alveley Member |  |  |  |  | ALVELEY MEMBER | CARBONIFEROUS | SANDSTONE |  |  |  |  |  | Staffordshire |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
411 | Sandstone flags | 1 |  | Flaggy sandstone |  |  |  | PARENT DATA NOT YET ENTERED [HIERARCHY CODE] |  | SANDSTONE, FLAGGY |  |  |  |  |  | Staffordshire |  | D Cameron | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area |  | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
6008 | Tutbury Gypsum | 6007 | Tutbury Stone | Variegated, pink-veined, white alabaster. Massive, often capable of taking a high polish, relatively soft. Easily carved - most large pieces suggest an early date say pre 1850 (cf with other alabaster from neighbouring sources such as Red Hill and Tutbury/Fauld) which often supplied larger specimens until a later date | PINK | Mottled |  | TUTBURY GYPSUM | TRIASSIC | NOT ENTERED | not applicable - recrystallised and generally amorphous | Usually none, but crystallization structures may be apparent; ghost structures outlined by red [NAME] | Marked pink/red veining on white base (chicken net' patterning), normally no obvious bedding, usually found as massive lumps at a particular horizon rather than a consistent bed. | weathers very badly, but has been used externally, concave  pitting caused by dissolution.  Highly susceptible to acidic erosion. Not suitable for external use as numerous rockeries in S Derby properties testify. | internal - cladding, doorcases urns - occ. rockeries + walls (S Derby) + wallposts (Elvaston) | Marked pink/red veining on white base (chicken net' patterning), normally no obvious bedding, usually found as massive lumps at a particular horizon rather than a consistent bed. |  | [NAME] (NSC) | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area | [NAME] (NSC) | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
6009 | Tutbury Alabaster | 6008 | Tutbury Stone | Variegated, pink-veined, white alabaster. Massive, often capable of taking a high polish, relatively soft. Easily carved - most large pieces suggest an early date say pre 1850 (cf with other alabaster from neighbouring sources such as Red Hill and Tutbury/Fauld) which often supplied larger specimens until a later date | PINK | Mottled |  | TUTBURY GYPSUM | TRIASSIC | NOT ENTERED | not applicable - recrystallised and generally amorphous | Usually none, but crystallization structures may be apparent; ghost structures outlined by red [NAME] | Marked pink/red veining on white base (chicken net' patterning), normally no obvious bedding, usually found as massive lumps at a particular horizon rather than a consistent bed. | weathers very badly, but has been used externally, concave  pitting caused by dissolution.  Highly susceptible to acidic erosion. Not suitable for external use as numerous rockeries in S Derby properties testify. | internal - cladding, doorcases urns - occ. rockeries + walls (S Derby) + wallposts (Elvaston) | Marked pink/red veining on white base (chicken net' patterning), normally no obvious bedding, usually found as massive lumps at a particular horizon rather than a consistent bed. |  | [NAME] (NSC) | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area | [NAME] (NSC) | 2012-05-16 10:21:08
10246 | Hollington Stone | 250 | Lower Keuper Sandstone, Hollington Stone, [NAME], Hollington Formation, Bromsgrove Sandstone Formation | Cross-bedded, red-brown and yellow, medium- to coarse-grained, moderately well-sorted subarkosic sandstones, commonly in fining upwards units. Fluids have locally leached iron staining giving rise to pale reds, cream and mottled colours. Pebbles include mudstone intraclasts. Intergranular cement of calcite, barite and less commonly dolomite | RED | Uniform | Red-brown, grey or mottled depending on original colour | BROMSGROVE SANDSTONE FORMATION |  | SANDSTONE, MEDIUM-GRAINED | MEDIUM GRAINED |  |  |  | Building stone | Manchester usage |  | ? | Staffordshire County Council | Staffordshire English HeritageAtlas Area | GM Buildings Spreadsheet | 2012-05-16 10:21:08