| P number: | P213287 |
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| Old photograph number: | A14478 |
| Caption: | Mundays Hill Quarry, George Garside (Sand) Ltd. (E.C.C.), Heath and Reach, near Leighton Buzzard. |
| Description: | Mundays Hill Quarry, George Garside (Sand) Ltd. (E.C.C.), Heath and Reach, near Leighton Buzzard. Working face in 'Silver Sands', Woburn Sands (Lower Cretaceous). In the south-west corner of the working the 'Silver Sands' are up to 10 m. thick, comprising medium to coarse quartz sand with pebbles of quartz, chert and lydite (up to 5 mm. in diameter) and fragments of carbonized fossil wood. These pure, friable sands are valuable for industrial uses after processing. Photo by permission of the Company. |
| Date taken: | Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 GMT 1987 |
| Photographer: | Evans, H.J. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| X longitude/easting: | 493700 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 228200 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 180.70 KB; 1000 x 667 pixels; 85 x 56 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 176 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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