The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Second Brown Metal Coal (West Yorkshire)

Computer Code: BNM2 Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA)
Lithological Description: The Second Brown Metal Coal (or Old Hards) is a seam of variable quality and thickness. The lower part is a high quality bituminous coal while the upper part is poor quality. The First and Second Brown Metals coalesce in the west.
Definition of Lower Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Definition of Upper Boundary: none recorded or not applicable
Thickness: none recorded or not applicable
Geographical Limits: none recorded or not applicable
Parent Unit: Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation (PLCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
E078 E070 E077