Mancetter Quarry (Oldbury Hill Quarry), Atherstone, North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England, UK
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 52° 33' 21'' North , 1° 32' 44'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 52.55611,-1.54566 |
| GeoHash: | G#: gcqfuzd3x |
| UK National Grid Reference: | SP308955 |
| Other regions containing this locality: | West Midlands, England, UK |
| Owned/operated by: | Tarmac |
| Locality type: | Quarry |
| Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
Active hard rock quarry approximately 1 mile South of Atherstone. Geological environment very similar to that of nearby Griff Quarry to the South of Nuneaton. Mineralogically very much less productive in terms of abundance and quality of specimens.
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
16 valid minerals.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Late Cretaceous 66 - 100.5 Ma ID: 3191056 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Late Cretaceous (66 - 100.5 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Late Triassic - Middle Triassic 201.3 - 247.2 Ma ID: 3157571 | Middle Triassic claystone |
| Tremadocian - Late Cambrian 477.7 - 501 Ma ID: 2036586 | Upper Cambrian, Including Tremadoc |
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Mancetter Quarry, Atherstone, North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England, UK