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Canonbie Coalfield

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In 2014, New Age Exploration Limited proposed a new coal mine in the Canonbie area. They estimated that the new mine could operate for 26 years and yield 1.4 million tonnes of coal per annum. The emphasis was upon
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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
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was published in 1903. Canonbie colliery was worked until 1920, and another mine at Archerbeck continued until 1942.
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Leroux, Marcus (17 November 2014). "Old King Coal Makes a Comeback" – via The Times.
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Recent work has indicated potentially economically workable reserves beneath a cover of
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coal as opposed to power station coal which would be a prime market in the
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Geological Map of the Canonbie Coalfield. From Peach and Horne (1903)
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including the 'High Coal' at the base of the latter.
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British Regional Geology: Northern England (5th Edn)
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1:625,000 scale geological map, BGS, Keyworth, Notts
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Canonbie
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New Red Sandstone
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"The Canonbie Coalfeld: its geological structure and relations to the carboniferous rocks of the North of England and Central Scotland"
"Canonbie Coalfield"
"The concealed coalfield at Canonbie: an interpretation based on boreholes and seismic surveys"
doi
10.1144/sjg24010061
ISSN
0036-9276
National Archives (UK)
"Lochinvar | New Age Exploration Ltd"
55°04′43″N 2°57′10″W / 55.0787°N 2.9528°W / 55.0787; -2.9528
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Dumfries and Galloway
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