The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Kilmarnock Five-Quarter Coal (North Ayrshire)

Computer Code: KFQ Preferred Map Code: KFQ
Status Code: Pending Upgrade
Age range: Duckmantian Substage (CB) — Duckmantian Substage (CB)
Lithological Description: Coal between Major and Linn Bed Coals.
Definition of Lower Boundary: At change from coal to other strata at 86.14 metres in Warrix No.1 Borehole.
Definition of Upper Boundary: At change from coal to other strata at 85.10 metres in Warrix No.1 Borehole.
Thickness: Variable, about 1.00 metre in type section.
Geographical Limits: Ayrshire coalfield.
Parent Unit: Scottish Middle Coal Measures Formation (MCMS)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
Reference Section  Warrix Pit No.1 Borehole (NS33NW/49). 500 metres north-west of South Warrix Farm. 
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable