GC3F4X9 Cunliffe Basin-Midlothian Mine Series Cache (Traditional Cache) in Virginia, United States created by altbiers

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GC3F4X9 ▼

A cache by altbiers Message this owner

Hidden : 3/22/2012

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A Midlothian mine historical cache. Park near this cache to find the others in this basin.

You are standing on the edge of the Cunliffe Basin.

Four coals are found in this district. The uppermost coal averages 5 feet in thickness with L5 feet of shale partings. The second coal is 1 foot thick and is located in the 47-foot sandstone and shale interval between the first and third coals. The third coal averages l2 feet in thickness, including 0.2to2.0feet of shalepartings. An unnamed l4-foot coal is separated from the third coal by l0+ feet of sandstone and shale. Average dip of the coal in the main basin is 22" to the west.