Geology of Coalhrook Dale. 



485 



Basset Pit, 

 No. yds. ft. in. 



116. Pricking under clod coal ... 7 



117. Clod coal, clunch, or Pound- 



stone 



118. Little flint-coal, Tuff very 



hard, and full of large 

 ironstone 4 



119. Strong rock 



2 1 



1 10 

 



120. Clod upon the flint coal ... 



121. Little flint coal ] 



122. Little flint coal, flint 1 2 



123. Crawstone measure f f^'r^f °? 



124. Crawstone 1 fu'^'^'V^ .. 



Lthis shaft 



125. Coal to hole under Crawstone 



Deep Pit. 

 yds. ft. in. 

 7 



2 8 



3 1 

 2 



1 4 



1 3 

 1 



.0 1 3 



6 



No. 



126. Top of the Crawstone flint. 



127. Crawstone flint, light c( 



loured, and very hard .. 



128. Do. do., not very hard 



129. A very hard stone 



130. Dark coloured, full of small 



pebbles 



131. Bottom of the flint 



132. Lancashire ladies' coal 



133. Top of the dye earth light [" 



coloured ■< 



134. Do. blue coloured L 



Basset Pit. 



Deep Pit. 



yds. ft. in. 



yds. ft. in. 





2 





1 8 





1 1 8 





1 4 





1 





1 1 10 





8 



Ludlow 



2 2 6 



. Rock . 



fo 1 



233 2 8 



244 2 9 



HILL'S LANE PITS. MADELEY. 



(Descriptiou of the beds from an examination of Specimens in the possession of W. Anstice, Esq., F.G.S.) 



These two Shafts are only about 10 yards apart. 



Local Names. Description of the Beds. 



Soil, sand, and gravel Soil and diluvium 



Clay, mingled red and yellow. ..Mottled clay 



Small sulphur coal Fibrous coal, full of iron pyrites 



Dark clod parting Light grey clay 



Sulphur coal Fibrous coal, full of iron pyrites 



Blue clod Bluish grey shale 



Brown clod Dark brownish grey shale 



Blue clod Dark grey shale 



Blue rock Hard, bluish, grey, calcareous sandstone, slightly cry- 

 stalline 



Blue clod Hard, dark grey shale 



Red clay Red clay 



Blue clunch Greenish indurated clay 



Red clay Red clay 



Mingled red and blue Mottled clay 



Blue clod Greenish shale 



Brown parting Dark grey marl 



Blue clod Greenish shale 



Blue rock Light blue, calcareous sandstone, soft and fine- 

 grained 



Clod, mingled blue and yellow .Mottled clay 



Dark parting Dark grey coaly clay 



Clod, mingled blue and brown. .Mottled marl 



Blue clod Light grey shale 



Brown and blue clod Mottled shale 



Rock Light brown, slightly calcareous sandstone 



Blue clod Light greenish shale 



Blue rock Compact, light blue marl 



Blue clod Grey shale 



Mingled blue and red Dark mottled clay ,. 



Blue clod Light grey shale 



Rocky bind Grey sandstone, very argillaceous 



Brown clod Dark brown shale, with a few ironstone nodules 



Blue bind Greyish slate clay 



Sulphur coal Fibrous coal, with iron pyrites ., 



Dark clunch Dark grey clay 



Blue clod Very hard grey shale 



Sulphur coal Foliated, pyritous coal 



Dark clunch Very hard grey clay 



Sulphur coal Fibrous coal, very pyritous 



Dark clay Mottled grey and brown indurated clay 



Blue rock Mottled grey and brown calcareous breccia ■ 



Deep Pit. 

 yds. ft. in. 

 3 1 6 



1 6 

 

 2 



6 

 6 1 



2 2 3 



1 1 6 



Basset Pit. 

 yds. ft. in. 



2 10 



1 

 



2 1 

 2 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 (I 2 

 2 



1 

 2 

 2 



0. 

 3 





 

 

 

 2 

 2 



2 1 



2 1 







1 







6 2 



2 2 



2 



3 



2 1 



2 1 



9 1 







1 1 



2 10 

 



4 



1 10 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 9 



2 3 

 6 

 2 3 





 2 



1 

 6 



2 9 

 2 8 

 9 

 8 



4 

 2 



1 



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