| P number: | P041692 |
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| Old photograph number: | L02159 |
| Caption: | Plashetts Quarry, Kielder, Northumberland. Looking NE. |
| Description: | Plashetts Quarry, Kielder, Northumberland. Looking NE. General view of the benches in Plashetts Quarry working the Highfield or Highgreen Whin Dyke (quartz-dolerite) which was intruded (294? 6my) en-echelon into the Carboniferous country rocks of the Upper Border Croup (Asbian). The whin is extracted for 'rip-rap' used to protect the face of the Kielder Dam from wave action. |
| Date taken: | Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 1978 |
| Photographer: | Thornton, K.E. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| X longitude/easting: | 367000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 588600 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 276.93 KB; 1000 x 808 pixels; 85 x 68 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 214 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Quarries |
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