South Tyne Colliery
Account of Strata passed through in South Tyne Colliery Level, measured from the plotted Section, February 12th, 1874
Shaft Details
Approximate surface level 420 feet above sea (Ordnance datum)
 
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|
|
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| Geology encountered |
Thickness |
|
Depth |
| |
ft. |
in. |
|
ft. |
in. |
| Micaceous sandstone |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
| Sandstone |
45 |
6 |
|
45 |
6 |
| Sandstone Level mouth |
20 |
9 |
|
66 |
3 |
| Shale, with ironstone |
4 |
6 |
|
70 |
9 |
| Shale |
20 |
6 |
|
91 |
3 |
| Micaceous sandstone |
7 |
6 |
|
98 |
9 |
| Limestone |
8 |
3 |
|
107 |
0 |
| COAL |
1 |
0 |
|
108 |
0 |
| Micaceous sandstone |
5 |
9 |
|
113 |
9 |
| Limestone |
8 |
0 |
|
121 |
9 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
122 |
6 |
| Shale |
6 |
0 |
|
128 |
6 |
| Fire-clay |
6 |
0 |
|
134 |
6 |
| Sandstone |
0 |
0 |
|
134 |
6 |
| Fire-clay |
3 |
0 |
|
137 |
6 |
| Shale, with balls of iron |
4 |
6 |
|
142 |
0 |
| Sandstone |
9 |
0 |
|
151 |
0 |
| Hard grey sandstone |
7 |
6 |
|
158 |
6 |
| Shale and micaceous sandstone |
18 |
6 |
|
177 |
0 |
| COAL |
0 |
9 |
|
177 |
9 |
| Sandstone |
47 |
0 |
|
224 |
9 |
| Shale |
7 |
6 |
|
232 |
3 |
| Sandstone: Upper bed in Lees Hall Quarry |
37 |
0 |
|
269 |
3 |
| Dark shale |
1 |
6 |
|
270 |
9 |
| Sandstone: Lower bed in Lees Hall Quarry |
40 |
6 |
|
311 |
3 |
| Shale and micaceous sandstone |
14 |
0 |
|
325 |
3 |
| Sandstone: Firestone Sill |
28 |
6 |
|
353 |
9 |
| Shale |
24 |
6 |
|
378 |
3 |
| Slate sills: Pattinson's Sill |
40 |
6 |
|
418 |
9 |
| Shale |
15 |
6 |
|
434 |
3 |
| Limestone |
40 |
6 |
|
474 |
9 |
| Shale |
6 |
0 |
|
480 |
9 |
| COAL |
3 |
0 |
|
483 |
9 |
|
Source: An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
original entry for sinking/boring number 2733 in "An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910"
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