Croft and Huncote Quarry explained

Croft and Huncote Quarry
Aos:	Leicestershire
Interest:	Geological
Area:	35.3 hectares
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Croft and Huncote Quarry is a 35.3hectare 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

52.563°N -1.247°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Croft and Huncote Quarry . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 9 November 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Croft and Huncote Quarry. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 9 November 2017.
3. Web site: Croft Quarry (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 9 November 2017.
4. Web site: Croft and Huncote Quarry citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 9 November 2017. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235834/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003745.pdf. dead.