| Computer Code: |
STUB |
Preferred Map Code: |
STUB |
| Status Code: |
Pending Upgrade |
| Age range: |
Pendleian Substage (CE)
— Pendleian Substage (CE) |
| Lithological Description: |
Blackband ironstone (sandy) : 36", Blaes : 9", Blackband ironstone (wandering) : 8". |
| Definition of Lower Boundary: |
Conformable. |
| Definition of Upper Boundary: |
Conformable. |
| Thickness: |
4'5" (135 cm). |
| Geographical Limits: |
Not defined. |
| Parent Unit: |
Limestone Coal Formation (LSC)
|
| Previous Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Alternative Name(s): |
none recorded or not applicable
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| Stratotypes: |
| Type Area |
Mine Abandonment Plan No.173. |
| Reference(s): |
| Macgregor, M, Lee, G W, and Wilson, G V. 1920. Special Report on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain: The Iron Ores of Scotland. Memoir of the Geological Survey, Scotland, 100-101. |
| Haldane, D. 1931. The Economic Geology of the Fife Coalfields, Area 1 : Dunfermline, and West Fife, including Valleyfield, Blairhall, Oakley, Saline, Halbeath, Lassodie and Blairenbathie. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Scotland, p.72. |
| 1:50K maps on which the lithostratigraphical unit is found, and map code used: |
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S040
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