The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Flockton Thick Coal (West And South Yorkshire)
Computer Code: | FTKC | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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Status Code: | Index Level | ||
Age range: | Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA) | ||
Lithological Description: | The Flockton Thick Coal, or Adwalton Stone Coal is comprised of three leaves separated by dirt that in some districts preclude economic extraction. The top leaf, a cannel coal, was worked as a gas coal and for oil. The lower leaves are bituminous. | ||
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): | Middleton High Main Coal Adwalton Stone Coal |
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none recorded or not applicable | |||
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none recorded or not applicable | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
E077 E087 E086 E078 E070 |