Croft and Huncote Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Leicestershire |
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Grid reference | SP 511 964[1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 35.3 hectares[1] |
Notification | 1986[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Croft and Huncote Quarry is a 35.3-hectare (87-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Croft in Leicestershire.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3]
This site exposes igneous tonalite rocks 452 million years old, in the Ordivician period, and it helps to document the growth of continental crust beneath central England. This layer is unconformably overlain by Triassic mineralised manganese.[4]
The site is private land with no public access.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Croft and Huncote Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Map of Croft and Huncote Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Croft Quarry (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Croft and Huncote Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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