The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
High Main Coal (Northumberland and Durham)
Computer Code: | HMN | Preferred Map Code: | HM |
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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: | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Parent Unit: | Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation (PMCM) | ||
Previous Name(s): | none recorded or not applicable | ||
Alternative Name(s): | Six Quarters Coal (Cumbria) Shield Row |
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Stratotypes: | |||
none recorded or not applicable | |||
Reference(s): | |||
Mills, D A C and Holliday, D W. 1998. Geology of the district around Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Consett. Memoir of the British Geological survey sheet 20 (England and Wales). | |||
Jones, J H. 1945. The Northumberland and Durham coal seams. Bulletin of the Institute of Fuel, 89-102. | |||
1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: | |||
E010 E014 E015 E020 E021 E026 E027 E032 E009 |