| P number: | P200806 |
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| Old photograph number: | A00815 |
| Caption: | Coryton Slate Quarry, 6 1/2 m. N. of Tavistock. |
| Description: | Coryton Slate Quarry, 6 1/2 m. N. of Tavistock. Method of working for slate. The cleavage planes are seen dipping from left to right, and the bedding from right to left at a high angle. A bed of commercial value has been excavated, and the puckered roof of the next lower bed is seen on the right. The rest of the rock is waste. The beds are of Carboniferous age and underlie chert. |
| Date taken: | 29/06/1909 |
| Photographer: | Hall, T.C. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| X longitude/easting: | 246500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 84500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 344.11 KB; 1001 x 728 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Economic geology/ Slates, Geoscience subjects/ Structural features/ Cleavage, Geoscience subjects/ Stratigraphical/ Carboniferous |
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