The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details

Greasborough Coal

Computer Code: GRBCO Preferred Map Code: notEntered
Status Code: Index Level
Age range: Duckmantian Substage (CB) — Duckmantian Substage (CB)
Lithological Description: Coal.
Definition of Lower Boundary: No known description.
Definition of Upper Boundary: No known description.
Thickness: 0.5 m thick
Geographical Limits: The Barnsley District.
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:
Type Area  Opencast sites at Nether Haugh (SK49NW/027), Fox Covert (../011), Morley Bridge (../025), Westfield Cottage (../039), and all around Wentworth to the southwest of Barnsley. 
Reference(s):
none recorded or not applicable
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used:
none recorded or not applicable