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New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire, England, UK

Ref: Hubbard, Burchard, Green (2005) A remarkable supergene mineral suite from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton Under Bardon, Leicestershire UKJMM 26:31-42.
Primarily quarrying Granite for road aggregate, beneath an overburden of clays and Keuper Marl mudstones. Operated by Midland Quarry Products Limited. The site occupies 243 Hectares and can produce 5 million tonnes of aggregate annually.
The Copper Lode and associated secondary mineralisation, for which the site is renowned, was blasted, and removed in the late 1990's. No further Copper mineralisation has since been discovered.





Mineral List:
Acanthite
Algodonite
Aragonite
Azurite
Baryte
Bobkingite (TL)
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chrysocolla
Clinoatacamite
Connellite
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Digenite
Djurleite
Dolomite
Domeykite
Epidote
Goethite
Libethenite
Malachite
Mottramite
Olivenite
Parnauite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Silver
Spangolite
Sphalerite
Spionkopite
Strashimirite
Tenorite
Torbernite
Tyrolite
Vanadinite
Vésigniéite
Volborthite
Yarrowite
Zálesíite


47 entries listed. 47 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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