The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Brunton Quarry Coal (Northumberland)

Computer Code: BRUQ Preferred Map Code: BQ
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Duckmantian Substage (CB) — Duckmantian Substage (CB)
Lithological Description: Coal.
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: Used on 10k sheet NZ27SW (Jackson, Lawrence and Frost, 1985, page 20).
Parent Unit: Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation (PMCM)
Previous Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Alternative Name(s): none recorded or not applicable
Stratotypes:
none recorded or not applicable
Reference(s):
Jackson, I, Lawrence, D J D, and Frost, D V. 1985. Geological notes and local details for sheet NZ27 Cramlington, Killingworth and Wide Open (SE Northumberland), part of 1:50k sheets 14 (Morpeth) and 15 (Tynemouth). British Geological Survey Technical Report, (Unnumbered). 
Lawrence, D J D and Jackson I. 1990. Geology and land-use planning: Morpeth-Bedlington_Ashington. Part 2: Geology. British Geological Survey Technical Report WA/90/19. 
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable