The geology of the Isle of Man

By G. W. Lamplugh, F.G.S.

With Petrological Notes By Prof. W. W. Watts, M.A., F.G.S.

Memoirs Of The Geological Survey. United Kingdom.

London : HMSO, 1903

(Title page) Title page of The geology of the Isle of Man. By G.W. Lamplugh. 1903.

(Front cover) (Front cover) Bay Stacka and Sugarloaf seen from Spanish Head. Flaggy grits in Manx Slates. G. Bingley. BAAS photograph BAAS05115 at BGS. P246782.

This web version of the memoir has the following additions

• Grid references - (Note — Grid references have been worked out from the place names for this web version of the memoir. They should be regarded as approximate).
• Links to BGS Britrocks for thin sections cited in the Memoir
• Links to to view the 1:10,560 County Series geological maps on the BGS Maps Portal

Contents

Chapter 1 General description of the island

Chapter 2 Outline of the literature

Chapter 3 The Manx Slate Series

Chapter 4 Detailed description of the Manx Slate Series and the accompanying igneous rocks

Chapter 5 The Carboniferous rocks of the Southern District

Chapter 6 The Peel Sandstones

Chapter 7 The strata underlying the Drift of the Northern Plain

Chapter 8 The igneous rocks

Chapter 9 The Glacial deposits

Chapter 10 The Post-Glacial and Recent Deposits

Chapter 11 Detailed description of the Superficial Deposits

Chapter 12 The metalliferous veins of the Island

Chapter 13 Non-metallic products

Appendix 1 — List of minerals occurring in the Isle Of Man

Appendix 2 — Some published analyses of Manx rocks

Appendix 3 — Details of deep borings. No. 1 Boring, Point of Ayre, No. 2 Boring, Ballawhane, No. 3 Boring, The Lhen, 580. No. 4 Boring, Knock-e-Dooney, No. 5 Boring, Ballagenney, No. 6 Boring, Point of Ayre, Old Boring near Peel.

Appendix 4 — Bibliography

List of illustrations

List of six-inch BGS County Series maps