Canonbie Coalfield
The Canonbie Coalfield is a small and largely concealed coalfield at Canonbie in the south of Scotland. Survey work in recent years revealed potentially economically workable reserves beneath a cover of New Red Sandstone rocks. [1][2] [3]
The following coal seams occur within the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation in this coalfield:[4]
- Knottyholm
- Archerbeck
- Six Foot
- Nine Foot
- Five Foot
- Eight Foot
- Seven Foot
Further less important seams lie within the underlying Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation and within the overlying strata of the Pennine Upper Coal Measures Formation and the Warwickshire Group including the 'High Coal' at the base of the latter.
References
- ↑ http://sjg.lyellcollection.org/content/24/1/61.abstract?cited-by=yes&legid=sjg;24/1/61
- ↑ British Geological Survey 2007 Bedrock geology: UK North 1:625,000 scale geological map, BGS, Keyworth, Notts
- ↑ http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file18655.pdf
- ↑ Stone P. et al. 2010. British Regional Geology: Northern England (5th Edn), (Keyworth, Notts, British Geological Survey)
Coordinates: 55°04′43″N 2°57′10″W / 55.0787°N 2.9528°W