The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Middleton Little Coal (West Yorkshire)
Computer Code: | MDLC | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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Status Code: | Index Level | ||
Age range: | Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA) | ||
Lithological Description: | The Middleton Little Coal or Green Lane Coal is of variable thickness and quality such that it has been inconsistently worked. It was extracted mainly in the Morley district and around Gildersome. | ||
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): | Hospital Coal (Derby) Parkgate Coal (West and South Yorkshire and Nottingham) Green Lane Coal |
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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: | |||
E077 E078 E070 |