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Mineral Resource Information in Support of National, Regional and Local Planning: Lancashire (comprising Lancashire and Boroughs of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen) Commissioned Report CR/05/144N BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMMISSIONED REPORT CR/05/144N Mineral Resource Information in Support of National, Regional and Local Planning: Lancashire (comprising Lancashire and Boroughs of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen) F M McEvoy, D J Minchin, D J Harrison, D G Cameron, D J Evans, G K Lott, S F Hobbs and The National Grid and other Ordnance Survey data are used D E Highley. with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Ordnance Survey licence number GD 272191/2006 Key words This report accompanies the 1:100 000 scale map: Lancashire; mineral resources; Lancashire (comprising Lancashire and Boroughs of mineral planning Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen) Cover illustration Castle Cement Limited, Ribblesdale Works at night showing Kiln 7 Pre Heater Tower and the Wet Gas Scrubber. Photo Courtesy of Castle Cement Ltd Bibliographical reference MCEVOY, F M, MINCHIN, D J, HARRISON, D J, CAMERON, D G,EVANS, D J, LOTT, G K, HOBBS, S F AND HIGHLEY, D E. 2006. Mineral Resource Information in Support of National, Regional and Local Planning: Lancashire (comprising Lancashire, and Boroughs of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen). British Geological Survey Commissioned Report, CR/05/144N. 20 pp © Crown Copyright 2006 Keyworth, Nottingham British Geological Survey 2006 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The full range of Survey publications is available from the BGS Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG Sales Desks at Nottingham and Edinburgh; see contact details 0115-936 3241 Fax 0115-936 3488 below or shop online at www.thebgs.co.uk e-mail: [email protected] The London Information Office maintains a reference collection www.bgs.ac.uk of BGS publications including maps for consultation. Shop online at: www.thebgs.co.uk The Survey publishes an annual catalogue of its maps and other publications; this catalogue is available from any of the BGS Sales Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA Desks. 0131-667 1000 Fax 0131-668 2683 The British Geological Survey carries out the geological survey of e-mail: [email protected] Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the latter as an agency service for the government of Northern Ireland), and of the London Information Office at the Natural History Museum surrounding continental shelf, as well as its basic research (Earth Galleries), Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London projects. It also undertakes programmes of British technical aid in SW7 2DE geology in developing countries as arranged by the Department for International Development and other agencies. 020-7589 4090 Fax 020-7584 8270 020-7942 5344/45 email: [email protected] The British Geological Survey is a component body of the Natural Environment Research Council. Forde House, Park Five Business Centre, Harrier Way, Sowton, Exeter, Devon EX2 7HU Published for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. 01392-445271 Fax 01392-445371 © Queen's Printer and Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Columbus House, Greenmeadow Springs, Tongwynlais, Office 2006. Cardiff CF15 7NE This publication (excluding logos) may be reproduced free of Tel: +44 (0)2920 521 962Fax: +44 (0)2920 521 963 charge in any format or medium for research, private study or circulation within an organisation. This is subject to it being Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, 20 College Gardens, reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The Belfast BT9 6BS material must be acknowledged as Crown Copyright and the title 028-9066 6595 Fax 028-9066 2835 of the publication specified. Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to: The Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Copyright Unit, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, St Clements Oxfordshire OX10 8BB House, 1-16 Colgate, Norwich NR3 1BQ. Fax 01603 723000 or e- mail: mailto:[email protected] 01491-838800 Fax 01491-692345 Parent Body Natural Environment Research Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 1EU 01793-411500 Fax 01793-411501 www.nerc.ac.uk Contents 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Resources and reserves................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Environmental designations........................................................................................... 2 2 Sand and Gravel..................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Superficial deposits ......................................................................................................... 3 2.1.1 River sand and gravel (terrace and sub-alluvial deposits)...........................................3 2.1.2 Glaciofluvial sand and gravel......................................................................................4 2.1.3 Blown sand..................................................................................................................5 3 Crushed rock aggregates ....................................................................................................... 5 3.1 Limestone....................................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Sandstone....................................................................................................................... 7 4 Brick Clay ............................................................................................................................... 8 5 Building Stone......................................................................................................................... 9 6 Silica Sand............................................................................................................................. 10 7 Salt ......................................................................................................................................... 11 8 Metallic Mineralisation........................................................................................................ 12 9 Peat ........................................................................................................................................ 12 10 Coal........................................................................................................................................ 12 11 Hydrocarbon......................................................................................................................... 13 11.1 Conventional Oil and Gas ............................................................................................ 13 11.2 Abandoned Mine Methane Drainage (AMM) and Coalbed Methane (CBM) potential ....................................................................................................................... 16 11.3 Licensing ........................................................................................................................ 16 12 Aims and limitations ............................................................................................................ 16 13 Planning permission for the extraction of minerals.......................................................... 17 13.1 Contact addresses: ........................................................................................................ 19 14 Appendix ............................................................................................................................... 19 14.1 Topographic Base.......................................................................................................... 19 14.2 Constraint Information ................................................................................................ 19 14.2.1 English Nature .......................................................................................................19 14.2.2 English Heritage.....................................................................................................19 14.2.3 Countryside Agency...............................................................................................19 14.2.4 The Coal Authority ................................................................................................20 i Figures Figure 1. Production of sand and gravel in Lancashire, 1979-2004 ...............................................3 Figure 2. Bradley Sandpit near Fulwood, Lancashire. Working glaciofluvial sand and gravel. ....5 Figure 3. Permitted reserves of natural aggregate in Lancashire at end December 2003. ..............6 Figure 4. A view of Lanehead Quarry and the Ribblesdale Cement Works, from the nearby village of Chatburn. Quarry is working the Carboniferous Chatburn Limestone. Photo Courtesy of Castle Cement Ltd ................................................................................................7 Figure 5. Hanson Aggregates’, Brinscall Quarry, Chorley, Lancashire; Carboniferous, Fletcher Bank Grit is worked for crushed rock aggregates. Photo courtesy of Hanson Aggregates......8 Figure 6. Surface planning permissions and national environmental designations in Lancashire 18 Tables Table 1. Oil and gas fields in Lancashire......................................................................................15 Table 2. Hydrocarbon
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