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Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England, UK

Torr Works Quarry is the correct name of the quarry known by collectors (and seen on maps) as 'Merehead Quarry'. Merehead is actually the name of the railway head at the quarry.
A limestone quarry run by Foster Yeoman. Annual output 6 million tonnes (taken from their website).

NOTE: "... most of the new specimens sold during 2007/2008 as Merehead Quarry, are actually from Durnford Quarry." http://www.mindat.org/mesg-11-135845.html)



References:
- Mineral. Mag. 58: 59-68 (1994).
- Turner, R. (2006): A mechanism for the formation of the mineralized Mn deposits at Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, England. Mineralogical Magazine 70, 629-653.





UK OS Grid Reference: ST695442
Map Reference: 51°11'44"N , 2°26'11"W

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Mineral List:
Alumohydrocalcite
'Apatite
var: Collophane'

'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Ardennite-(As)
Azurite
Baryte
Blixite ?
Brucite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Chloroxiphite
Chrysocolla
Copper
Coronadite
Cotunnite
Crednerite
Cryptomelane
Cuprite
Datolite
Diaboleite
Dundasite
Fornacite
Galena
Goethite
Hydrocerussite
Hydromagnesite
Kentrolite
Malachite
Manganite
Melanotekite
Mendipite
Mereheadite (TL)
Mimetite
Nasonite
Paralaurionite
Parkinsonite (TL)
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite ?
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Romanèchite
Saponite
'Silica'
Symesite (TL)
Vanadinite
Vésigniéite ?
Wulfenite


50 entries listed. 46 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

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