The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Bilton Coal Beds
| Computer Code: | BICO | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Full | ||
| Age range: | Kinderscoutian Substage (CK) — Kinderscoutian Substage (CK) | ||
| Lithological Description: | Two coal seams separated by mudstone. | ||
| Definition of Lower Boundary: | Sharp on mudstone. | ||
| Definition of Upper Boundary: | Sharp overlain by mudstone. | ||
| Thickness: | 4-5.2 | ||
| Geographical Limits: | Bilton area, just north of Harrogate to Bishop Thornton, north of Harrogate. | ||
| Parent Unit: | Hebden Formation (HEBD) | ||
| Previous Name(s): | Bilton Coal
(BILC)
Bilton Coal (BILC) |
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| Alternative Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
| Stratotypes: | |||
| Type Area | Around Bilton Banks and Bilton Village Farm, Harrogate. Fox-Strangways, C, 1908. | ||
| Reference(s): | |||
| Fox-Strangways, 1908. The geology of the country north and east of Harrogate (2nd edition). Memoir of the Geological Survey (England & Wales). London HMSO. | |||
| Cooper, A H and Burgess, I C. 1993. Geology of the country around Harrogate. Memoir for 1:50000 geological sheet 62 (England and Wales). London: HMSO for the British Geological Survey. | |||
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
| E062 | |||