| P number: | P222846 |
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| Old photograph number: | L02255 |
| Caption: | Subsidence hollows, Park Sop, Dalton-in-Furness, Cumberland. |
| Description: | The largest drift-covered Carboniferous Limestone outcrops contained masses of haematite preserved in the form of inverted cones. Where these were extracted the resulting subsidence hollows now form lakes. The site of Park Sop is one of the largest of these. The view looking north, shows the ruins of the old mine shafts on the eastern bank, and the Park Limestone is exposed on the eastern side of the lake. The Duddon Estuary and Black Coombe, an inlier of Skiddaw Slates, lie in the distance. Haematite, an iron oxide ore of iron occurs in Cumberland and north-west Lancashire in irregular deposits in the Carboniferous Limestone. In Furness a number of dish-like deposits occupied great hollows in the limestone. |
| Date taken: | Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 1977 |
| Photographer: | Thornton, K.E. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| X longitude/easting: | 321700 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 475300 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 206.48 KB; 1000 x 801 pixels; 85 x 68 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 212 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Geohazards/ Subsidence |
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