Doncaster Geodiversity Assessment Volume 2 – Maps

Geology and Landscape South Programme Commissioned Report CR/07/025N

BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE SOUTH PROGRAMME COMMISSIONED REPORT CR/07/025N

Doncaster Geodiversity Assessment Volume 2 – Maps S Engering and H F Barron

Contributors

Editor A H Cooper

The National Grid and other Ordnance Survey data are used with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Licence No: 100017897/2007.

Keywords

Geodiversity; Doncaster.

Front cover

Permian Bryozoan reef, North Cliff Quarry, Doncaster

Bibliographical reference ENGERING, S & BARRON, H F. 2007. Doncaster Geodiversity Assessment. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report, CR/07/025N. 139pp.

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Contents

Figure 1 Location Map

Figure 2 Generalised vertical section of the strata exposed in Doncaster

Figure 3 Bedrock geology by lithostratigraphical group

Figure 4 Bedrock geology by lithostratigraphical formation

Figure 5 Superficial geology by lithostratigraphical group

Figure 6 Superficial deposits by lithogenetic class

Figure 7 Superficial geology by Quaternary domain

Figure 8 Natural England Natural Areas

Figure 9 Hillshade Digital Surface Model

Figure 10 BGS Mines & Quarries Database (25 January 2007)

Figure 11 Hydrocarbon wells and licence areas

Figure 12 Water Wells from BGS Wellmaster - January 2007

Figure 13 Doncaster RIGS - May 2007

Bentley

BessacarrDONCASTER

Dunscroft

Amthorpe

Thorne

MexboroughConisbrough

Tickhill

Carcroft

Askern

Adwick Le Street

New Rossington

Edenthorpe

Bawtry

Stainforth

New Edlington

Moorends

Sprotbrough

Barnby DunSkellow

Old Denaby

Highfields

BassetlawRotherham

Wakefield

Selby

North LincolnshireBarnsley

East Riding of Yorkshire

Sheffield

West Lindsey

M1

A1(M)

M18

M180

A1(M)

M18

Figure 1 - Location MapKey

DMBC boundaryOther Local AuthoritiesUrban areasMotorways

The DMBC boundary, motorway network and urban areas are based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007]

1:150,000 ±0 2.5 51.25 Kilometers

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D6

D11

D11

D4

D4D15

D15

D133 D13D5 D20-22

D20-21, D2

D28D112

D94D78

D300-303

D78

DR4DR5

D61D31

D51

D87

D99

D44

D44D102

D102

D177

DR2

DR3DR6

DR1

DR6

D166

DoncasterGeodiversitySites

D190-2D101

D101

D109

Cadeby Formation(Lower Magnesian Limestone and Lower Permian Marl or Lower Marl)

Edlington Formation (Middle Permian Marl or Middle Marlincluding gypsum/anhydrite and saltplus sandstone in south; also called Lower Lenton Sandstone on some logs)

Yellow Sands Formation (Basal Permian Sands, Basal Permian Sandstone)

Pennine Upper Coal Measures Fm (Middle Coal Measures Formation)

MMG

251 Ma

299 Ma

Roxby Formation (Upper Permian Marl, Upper Marl, including gypsum/anhydrite and salt)

Nottingham Castle Formation (Bunter Sandstone and Bunter Pebble Beds)

Lenton Formation (Lower Mottled Sandstone at base)

Pennine Middle Coal Measures Fm (Middle Coal Measures Formation)

Brotherton Formation (Upper Magnesian Limestone)

Mercia Mudstone Group(Keuper Marl)

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Carboniferous - Triassic bedrock

Brotherton Formation - Dolomitic Limestone BTH-DOLM 17 - 35m - a good marker horizon

Sherwood Sandstone Group SSG-SDSTSandstone and pebbly sandstone

Yellow Sands Formation YWS-SDST yellow sst at outcrop or blue-grey sst at depth patchy 0-10 or 20m max as dunes

Cadeby Formation CDF-DOLO wedges out to south and thickensto the north-east. Generally around0-45m at outcrop thickening to around 110m in NE Wetherby Member

Edlington Formation EDT-CAMDST up to 15m thick at outcrop where gypsum is missing or dissolved, thickens to east and north-east to around 60m max

Roxby Formation ROX-CAMDST Up to 60m thick, thinning southwards

Mercia Mudstone Group MMG-MDSTup to 15m thick

Unconformable contact between Permian strata and underlying Carboniferous strata

Unconformable contact between base of Cadeby and underlying sequence

Top not exposed in Doncaster

Deposition of Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks and subsequent erosion during Palaeogene & Neogene

Nottingham Castle Formation NTC-SDST Sandstone and pebbly sandstone brown, grey and red

up to 350m thick, thinning southwards

Lenton Fm LNS-SDSTfine-grained sandstone 0-70m

Ravenfield Rock RVR-SDST

Wickersley Rock WYR-SDST

Dalton Rock DLT-SDST

Pennine Upper Coal Measures Fm PUCM-MDSSUp to 300m

Ackworth Rock AR-SDST

Pennine Middle Coal Measures Fm PMCM-MDSSUp to 250m

Mexborough Rock MXR-SDST

PMCM-SDST

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Sprotbrough Member

Hampole Beds

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Figure 2 Generalised vertical section of the strata exposed in Doncaster. Superficial deposit numbers refer to the numbered units in Table 1

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DONCASTER

Bentley

Bessacarr

Dunscroft

Amthorpe

Mexborough

Carcroft

Thorne

Conisbrough

Tickhill

Askern

Adwick Le Street

New Rossington

Edenthorpe

Bawtry

Stainforth

New Edlington

Moorends

Sprotbrough

Barnby DunSkellow

Old Denaby

Highfields

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Figure 3 - Bedrock geology by lithostratigraphical groupKey

Mercia Mudstone GroupSherwood Sandstone GroupZechstein GroupRotliegendes GroupPennine Coal Measures GroupDMBC boundaryUraban areasMotorways

1:150,000 ±0 2.5 51.25 KilometersThe DMBC boundary, motorway network and urban areas are based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007]

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UCM

SHFC

MCM

MCM

UCM

UCM

MCM

SHFC

UCM

UCMUCM

UCM

DONCASTER

Bentley

Bessacarr

Dunscroft

Amthorpe

Carcroft

Thorne

Mexborough

Conisbrough

Tickhill

Askern

Adwick Le Street

New Rossington

Edenthorpe

Bawtry

Stainforth

New Edlington

Moorends

Sprotbrough

Barnby DunSkellow

Old Denaby

Highfields

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Figure 4 - Bedrock geology by lithostratigraphical formation KeyMercia Mudstone Group-MDSTSherwood Sandstone Group-SDSTNottingham Castle Formation-SDSTNottingham Castle Formation-PESTLenton Formation-SDSTRoxby Formation-CAMDBrotherton Formation-DOLMEdlington Formation-CAMDCadeby Formation-DOLOYellow Sands Formation-SDSTPennine Upper Coal Measures Fm-SDSTPennine Upper Coal Measures Fm, Ravenfield Rock-SDSTPennine Upper Coal Measures Fm, Wickersley Rock-SDSTPennine Upper Coal Measures Fm, Dalton Rock-SDSTPennine Upper Coal Measures Fm-MDSSPennine Coal Measures Fm, Ackworth Rock-SDSTPennine Coal Measures Fm-SDSTPennine Coal Measures Fm, Mexborough Rock-SDSTPennine Coal Measures Fm-MDSSNormal Fault, inferredNormal Fault, observedPennine Upper Coal Measures Fm-COALPennine Middle Coal Measures Fm, Shafton Coal-COALPennine Middle Coal Measures Fm-COALDMBC boundaryUrban areasMotorways

1:150,000 ±0 2.5 51.25 KilometersCAMD - Calcareous MudstoneDOLM - Dolomitic LimestoneDOLO - DolostoneMDSS- Mudstone, Siltstone & SandstoneMDST- MudstonePEST- Pebbly SandstoneSDST - Sandstone

The DMBC boundary, motorway network and urban areas are based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007]

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South D

on Fault

Albion

Caledonia

DONCASTER

Bentley

Bessacarr

Dunscroft

Amthorpe

Mexborough

Carcroft

Thorne

Conisbrough

Tickhill

Askern

Adwick Le Street

New Rossington

Edenthorpe

Bawtry

Stainforth

New Edlington

Moorends

Sprotbrough

Barnby DunSkellow

Old Denaby

Highfields

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Figure 5 - Superficial geology by lithostratigraphical groupKey

Albion Glacigenic GroupCaledonia Glacigenic GroupUrban areasDMBC boundaryMotorways

1:150,000 ±0 2.5 51.25 KilometersThe DMBC boundary, motorway network and urban areas are based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007]

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DONCASTER

Bentley

Bessacarr

Dunscroft

Amthorpe

Mexborough

Carcroft

Thorne

Conisbrough

Tickhill

Askern

Adwick Le Street

New Rossington

Edenthorpe

Bawtry

Stainforth

New Edlington

Moorends

Sprotbrough

Barnby DunSkellow

Old Denaby

Highfields

Copyright of BGS mapsThe copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey’s work isvested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of these materials may be reproduced or transmitted in any form (analogue or digital), or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior written permission of the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. [British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, Notts, NG12 5GG. Telephone 0115 936 3100].

Figure 6 - Superficial deposits by lithogenetic classKey

Peat-PEATAlluvium-CSSGLacustrine Beach Deposits-SAGRRiver Terrace Deposits, Undifferentiated-SAGRBlown Sand-SANDHead-CSSGGlaciofluvial Deposits, Undifferentiated, Devensian-SAGRGlaciofluvial Deposits, Middle Pleistocene-SAGRGlaciofluvial Deposits, Undifferentiated-SAGRGlaciolacustrine Deposits, Devensian-CLSIGlaciolacustrine Deposits, Devensian-SAGRGlaciolacustrine Deposits, Devensian-SANDTill, Middle Pleistocene-DMSGTill, Middle Pleistocene-DMTNDMBC boundaryUrban areasMotorways

1:150,000 ±0 2.5 51.25 Kilometers

CLSI - Clay & SiltCSSG - Clay, Sand & GravelDMSG - Diamicton, Sand & gravelDMTN - DiamictonSAGR - Sand & Gravel

The DMBC boundary, motorway network and urban areas are based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007]

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Lowland Basin Domain.

Plateau and Valley Domain.

Dissected Till Domain.

DONCASTER

Bentley

Bessacarr

Dunscroft

Amthorpe

Mexborough

Carcroft

Thorne

Conisbrough

Tickhill

Askern

Adwick Le Street

New Rossington

Edenthorpe

Bawtry

Stainforth

New Edlington

Moorends

Sprotbrough

Barnby DunSkellow

Old Denaby

Highfields

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Figure 7 - Superficial geology by Quaternary domain KeyDissected Till Domain.Lowland Basin Domain.Plateau and Valley Domain.DMBC boundaryUrban areasMotorways

1:150,000 ±0 2.5 51.25 Kilometers

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The DMBC boundary, motorway network and urban areas are based upon Ordnance Survey topographic material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number: 100017897 [2007]

DONCASTER

Bentley

Bessacarr

Dunscroft

Amthorpe

Mexborough

Carcroft

Thorne

Conisbrough

Tickhill

Askern

Adwick Le Street

New Rossington

Edenthorpe

Bawtry

Stainforth

New Edlington

Moorends

Sprotbrough

Barnby DunSkellow

Old Denaby

Highfields

Humberhead Levels

Southern Magnesian Limestone

Coal Measures

Coal Measures

1:150,000 ±0 2.5 51.25 Kilometers

Figure 8 - Natural England Natural AreasKey

Coal MeasuresHumberhead LevelsSouthern Magnesian LimestoneDMBC boundaryUrban areasMotorways

Natural England data © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved [2007]

Doncaster Geodiversity Assessment March 2007

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