The sand and gravel resources of the country around Shrewsbury, Shropshire : description of 1:25,000 resource sheet SJ 41 and SJ 51
Cannell, B.. 1982 The sand and gravel resources of the country around Shrewsbury, Shropshire : description of 1:25,000 resource sheet SJ 41 and SJ 51. London, UK, British Geological Survey, 159pp. (Mineral Assessment Report 90) (Unpublished)
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Abstract/Summary
The assessment of the sand and gravel resources in the Shrewsbury area, Shropshire, is based on the geological maps and borehole records of the Institute of Geological Sciences, records made available by the sand and gravel industry, recent fieldwork and one hundred and seventy three boreholes drilled for the Industrial Minerals Assessment Unit. All deposits in the area which might be potentially workable for sand and gravel have been investigated geologically and a simple statistical method has been used to estimate the volume. The reliability of the volume estimates is given at the symmetrical 95 per cent confidence level. The district has been divided into six resource blocks containing between 10.0 and 22.1 km2 of sand and gravel. For these blocks the geology of the deposits is described and the mineral-bearing area, the mean thickness of overburden and mineral, and the mean grading of the mineral are stated. Detailed borehole data are given. The geology, the position of the boreholes and the outlines of the resource blocks are shown on the accompanying map.
Item Type: | Publication - Report |
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Programmes: | BGS Programmes > Economic Minerals |
ISBN: | 0118842137 |
Funders/Sponsors: | British Geological Survey, Natural Environment Research Council |
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.: | This item has been internally reviewed, but not externally peer-reviewed. |
Additional Keywords: | sand, gravel |
NORA Subject Terms: | Earth Sciences |
Date made live: | 15 Jun 2023 16:50 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534916 |
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