Broad Vein Mudstone Formation
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Broad Vein Mudstone Formation
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The Broad Vein Mudstone Formation is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group in Mid Wales. The rock of the formation is silty mudstone, intensely bioturbated in places. It varies in colour from a pale to a medium blue. This formation has been commercially quarried as slate in several locations along its length. The formation is between 400 metres (1,300 ft) and 560 metres (1,840 ft) thick and runs from Dinas Mawddwy south-west to Cardigan Bay at Tywyn.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Vein_Mudstone_Formation
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2022-04-11T09:31:05Z
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