5-433: The Canonbie Coalfield is a small and largely concealed coalfield at Canonbie in the south of Scotland . A comprehensive survey by Peach and Horne was published in 1903. Canonbie colliery was worked until 1920, and another mine at Archerbeck continued until 1942. Recent work has indicated potentially economically workable reserves beneath a cover of New Red Sandstone rocks. The following coal seams occur within
10-454: A specific mine is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Coalfield A coalfield is an area of certain uniform characteristics where coal is mined. The criteria for determining the approximate boundary of a coalfield are geographical and cultural, in addition to geological. A coalfield often groups the seams of coal, railroad companies, cultural groups, and watersheds and other geographical considerations. At one time
15-695: The Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation in this coalfield: 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. In 2014, New Age Exploration Limited proposed a new coal mine in the Canonbie area. They estimated that
20-408: The coalfield designation was an important category in business and industrial discussions. The terminology declined into unimportance as the 20th century progressed, and was probably only referred to by a few small railroads and history buffs by the 1980s. Renewed interest in industrial heritage and coal mining history has brought the old names of the coalfields before a larger audience. Colombia has
25-491: The new mine could operate for 26 years and yield 1.4 million tonnes of coal per annum. The emphasis was upon Coking coal as opposed to power station coal which would be a prime market in the UK and EU . 55°04′43″N 2°57′10″W / 55.0787°N 2.9528°W / 55.0787; -2.9528 This Dumfries and Galloway location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
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