The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details
Blocking Coal (West Yorkshire)
| Computer Code: | BLBC | Preferred Map Code: | notEntered |
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| Status Code: | Index Level | ||
| Age range: | Langsettian Substage (CA) — Langsettian Substage (CA) | ||
| Lithological Description: | The Blocking (Bed) Coal (which corresponds to the Silkstone Coal of South Yorkshire) is a seam of fair quality for domestic purposes, but is usually divided by three dirt partings. It has been worked extensively throughout the district. | ||
| 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): | Blocking Bed Coal Barcelona 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: | |||
| E086 E078 E070 E077 | |||