The sand and gravel resources of the country around Glenrothes, Fife region : description of 1:25,000 sheet NO 20 and parts of NO 21, 30 and 31

The geological maps of the Institute of Geological Sciences, sixty-three boreholes and thirty shallow pits sunk for the Industrial Minerals Assessment Unit, four boreholes drilled for the Hydrogeology Unit and pre-existing borehole information, together with data from the inspection of five sections form the basis of the assessment of sand and gravel resources in the Glenrothes area, Fife Region. All deposits in the area which might be potentially workable for sand and gravel have been investigated and a simple statistical method used to estimate the volume. The reliability of the volume estimates is given at the symmetrical 95 per cent probability level. The 1:25 000 map is divided into seven resource blocks, six of which are assessed statistically and contain between 7.1 and 12.3km2 of potentially workable sand and gravel. For the seventh resource block inferred assessments are offered for 6.3 km2 of mineral. The geology of the deposits is described and the mineral-bearing area, the mean thickness of overburden and mineral and the mean grading are stated. Detailed sample point data are given. The geology, the outlines of the resource blocks and the position of sample points used in the assessment are shown on the accompanying resource map.