Strat Unit Name
Quaternary aeolian unit 1
Strat Unit Description
Quaternary dunefield sands.
GIS Code
IH--e---01
5
35
AYm
weathered basement
Strat Unit Name
Mulgathing Complex
Strat Unit Description
Paragneiss, arenaceous and aluminous; iron formation; granitic gneiss; felsic and mafic-ultramafic volcanic and intrusive rocks. Granulite to amphibolite facies. Protoliths ~2560–2460 Ma.
GIS Code
AYm
Strat Unit Name
Mulgathing Complex
Strat Unit Description
Paragneiss, arenaceous and aluminous; iron formation; granitic gneiss; felsic and mafic-ultramafic volcanic and intrusive rocks. Granulite to amphibolite facies. Protoliths ~2560–2460 Ma.
GIS Code
AYm
Strat Unit Name
Skuse Hill Metapyroxenite
Strat Unit Description
Ultramafic-mafic meta-igneous rocks (metapyroxenite, metagabbro-norite); magmatic age c. 2470 Ma.
GIS Code
AYma-u
Strat Unit Name
Skye Granite
Strat Unit Description
Metamorphosed granitoids and granitic gneisses; magmatic crystallisation ages c. 2475–2465 Ma.
GIS Code
AYma-s
Strat Unit Name
Skuse Hill Metapyroxenite
Strat Unit Description
Ultramafic-mafic meta-igneous rocks (metapyroxenite, metagabbro-norite); magmatic age c. 2470 Ma.
GIS Code
AYma-u
Strat Unit Name
Mulgathing Complex
Strat Unit Description
Paragneiss, arenaceous and aluminous; iron formation; granitic gneiss; felsic and mafic-ultramafic volcanic and intrusive rocks. Granulite to amphibolite facies. Protoliths ~2560–2460 Ma.
GIS Code
AYm