Home ServicesPermission to enter or disturb mining interests Coal Seams with a History of Spontaneous Combustion
The following table presents a list of coal seams which have been known to suffer from occurrences of spontaneous combustion and are consequently regarded as at 'high risk' of succumbing to spontaneous combustion when being entered, worked or disturbed.
Coal seams which are excluded from the table should not be regarded as free from risk of spontaneous combustion as the majority of coal seams could suffer from spontaneous combustion depending upon the method of them being entered, worked or disturbed.
Country
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Location
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Coal Seams
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| Scotland |
Ayrshire |
Gas Water
Main Coal
Coral Seam
Big Drum Seam
Wee Drum
Patna
Thick
Seven Foot Coal
Major seam
|
| Scotland (North) |
Dysart Main
|
| Scotland (South) |
Stairhead
Corbie
|
| England |
Cannock |
Eight Foot
Bass
Shallow
|
| Cumberland |
Where roof coal is left
|
| Durham (South) |
Maudlin Seam
|
| Lancashire |
Where roof coal is left
Higher Florida
Lower Florida
Trencherbone
|
| Leicestershire |
Lount Seam
Excelsior
New Main
|
| Derbyshire (North) |
Deep Soft
Top Hard
|
| Derbyshire (South) |
Main Coal
|
| Northumberland |
High Main
Main
|
| Nottinghamshire |
Blackshale
Top Hard
Top Soft
Parkgate
Low Main
|
| Staffordshire (North) |
Great Row
Spencroft
Cannel Row
Moss
Cockshead
Ten Feet
|
| Staffordshire (South) |
Staffordshire thick coal
|
| Warwickshire |
Warwickshire thick coal
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| Yorkshire |
Barnsley
Top Soft
Day Bed
Dunsil
Beeston
Stanley Main
Shafton
High Hazel
Thorncliffe
Parkgate
Silkstone
|
| Wales |
North Wales |
Where roof coal is left
|
Please be aware that some areas may have localised names for some of these seams.
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