The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Flockton Thin Coal (West and South Yorkshire)
| Computer Code: | FTNC | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Index Level | ||
| Age range: | Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA) | ||
| Lithological Description: | The Flockton Thin Coal or Adwalton Black Bed Coal is a good quality dull coal with common dirt partings. It is uniform in thicknes and has been worked extensively in the area around Dewsbury and Batley. | ||
| 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): | Adwalton Black Bed Coal (West Yorkshire) Doggy 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 E087 E086 E078 E070 | |||