| P number: | P527835 |
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| Caption: | Limestone from Darnley Quarry, near Nitshill Station, Renfrewshire. |
| Description: | Limestone from the more southerly of Darnley quarries, about one mile south-east of Nitshill station, Renfrewshire. BGS Sample SL 161. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number MC 7611. Grey, compact, uniformly fine-grained limestone with sharp angular fracture. It has small shelly and crinoidal fragments scattered rather sparsely through a very fine-grained turbid base composed of finely divided carbonate and clay and numerous small grains and rhombs of carbonate up to 0-2 mm. across. At present only the Calmy Limestone can be looked upon as an economic proposition. It is worked and burnt at the Darnley quarries, about one mile south-east of Nitshill station. Its thickness is 11.5 feet in three posts, separated by thin partings of limy shales. The dip is gently undulating. Overburden consists of shale 0 to 6 feet under boulder clay up to 10 feet. The kilns are close to the road and are served by a full-gauge mineral railway. Reserves were considered to be large, especially for mining. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 25 00:00:00 GMT 1905 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 241.26 KB; 1000 x 665 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 176 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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