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| ABOUT MOUNTSORREL QUARRY HOME SECTION: Quarry Facts & Figures WHERE IS MOUNTSORREL QUARRY? BACKGROUND... BACKGROUND Mountsorrel Quarry is a granite quarry operated by Tarmac and located between the villages of...of Mountsorrel and Quorn in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire. The quarry supplies granite to construction...projects across Leicestershire, as well as the wider midlands and east of England. The quarry is an important...the site. HISTORY Granite quarrying has been at the heart of communities in Charnwood for at least 250 |
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| Investigations on the Boundaries of the Mountsorrel Granite By D. DAVIES and D. H. MATTHEWS ABSTRACT...describe the nature of the boundaries of the Mountsorrel granite massif in more detail. Confirmation has been...is no substantial underground extension of the granite beneath the surrounding Triassic countryside to...grandiorite intrusion in the Mountsorel region of Leicestershire has received considerable attention in the...occasional small exposures and boreholes, that granite underlies the narrow belt of flatter country between |
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| I.âJANUARY, 1934. ORIGINAL ARTICLES. The Mountsorrel Granodiorite and Associated Igneous Rocks. By...I.) INTRODUCTION. rpHE igneous rocks of the Mountsorrel area, by reason of their -*- accessibility and...Association to Charnwood Forest in 1928, including a structural study of the Mountsorrel " granite " by F. Jones...map of the complex in Fig. 1. FIG. 1.âMap of Mountsorrel district (with index figures) Scale about 2 in...(close to the Waterworks Dam and in the grounds of Quorn House) the granodiorite is clearly richer in coloured |
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| 230 John Carney Geological evolution of Central England, with reference to the Trent Basin and its landscapes...landscapes Annette McGrath 231 The rock quarries of Charnwood Forest Peter Worsley The British Geological Surveyâs...look at recent work on the Quaternary in Eastern England. Aprilâs lecture, given by Dr. David Shilston,...September a group visited Melton Ross Quarry to see the chalk quarry, its fossils and processing plant....2006 16 (4) Geological Evolution of Central England with reference to the Trent Basin and its Landscapes |
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| Ceochronological Study of the Crystalline Rocks of Charnwood Forest, England By M. Y. MENEISY and J. A. MILLER ABSTRACT...age measurements made on samples of rock from Charnwood Forest and surrounding districts indicate that...dolerite from the Leicestershire coalfield gave a Permian age. I. INTRODUCTION CHARNWOOD Forest is situated...situated in Leicestershire within a quadrilateral bounded by lines drawn from Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch...Southern type. 2. The Syenites Northern type. Mountsorrel type. 3. The Granites . Kinchley Hill type. Ives |
 | Ambrose, K., Carney, J. N., Lott, G. K., Wieghtman, G., McGrath, A. (2007) Exploring the landscape of Charnwood Forest and Mountsorrel. A walkers' guide to the rocks and landscape of Charnwood Forest and Mountsorrel. British Geological Survey, Keyworth. | Book |
| Contents Welcome to Charnwood Forest and Mountsorrel Walking in Charnwood Forest and Mountsorrel The geological...geological timescale Plate tectonics and the rocks of Charnwood Forest Precambrian-volcanoes, seas and the dawn...Hill Walk 3: Cademan Wood and Grace Dieu Walk 4: Charnwood Lodge Nature Reserve Walk 5: Bradgate Park and...granodiorite at Castle Hill and quarry, Mountsorrel Walk 7: Morley Quarry Walk 8: Blackbrook Reservoir Walk...Walk I0: Hill Hole Quarry, Markfield Walk I I: Tickow Lane Minerals of Charnwood Forest Charnwood's quarries |
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| Geological Survey 1 :50 000 Series Sheet 156 Leicester (England and Wales) ISBN 978 0 85272 573 3 From cover...Geological S1.uv ey, l :50 000 Series Sheet l 56 (England and Wa les). Copyright in materials derived from...and quarry owners in permitting access to their lands is gratefully appreciated. Natura.I England is thanked...Thesis on the Quaten1ary geology of central Leicestershire. The codes for geological units shown on tbe...Ordovician intrusive rocks 8 Mountsorrel Complex 8 SoutJ1 Leicestershire Diorites 1l Melton Mowbray Granodiorite |
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| Rock-surfaces in Leicestershire. 23 B. Phonolitic andesites [ = Trachyandesites ?]. 1. Phonolitoid... Triassic and Pleistocene Surfaces on some Leicestershire Igneous Rocks. By FRANK RAW, D . S C , F.G...S. (PLATES II, III.) rpHE ancient rocks of Leicestershire may be taken to comprise -*- the pre-Cambrian...pre-Cambrian volcanic and sedimentary rocks of Charnwood Forest, and the igneous rocks intrusive into them, viz...south-west of the Forest and in South Leicestershire, and the Mountsorrel granite or granodiorite. There is reason |
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| TRIASSICDESERT LANDSCAPES IN CHARNWOOD FOREST Fig. 1. Rugged-Broombriggs; H„rison. Fig. 2. Hornstones...Wiod-worn-Mouotsorrel Quarry. Terraced, Grooved, Smoothed and Polished Surfaces of Granite under Keuper Marl...ROCKS OF CHARNWOOD FOREST LEICESTERSHIRE With which is included the area about Mountsorrel Parts of the...author was Petrologist to the Geological Survey of England and Wales, and when Mr. C. Fox Strangways was engaged...engaged on the survey of the Leicestershire Coalfield and its environs. When Mr. Strangways had defined |
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| TRIASSICDESERT LANDSCAPES IN CHARNWOOD FOREST Fig. 1. Rugged-Broombriggs; H„rison. Fig. 2. Hornstones...Wiod-worn-Mouotsorrel Quarry. Terraced, Grooved, Smoothed and Polished Surfaces of Granite under Keuper Marl...ROCKS OF CHARNWOOD FOREST LEICESTERSHIRE With which is included the area about Mountsorrel Parts of the...author was Petrologist to the Geological Survey of England and Wales, and when Mr. C. Fox Strangways was engaged...engaged on the survey of the Leicestershire Coalfield and its environs. When Mr. Strangways had defined |
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| TRIASSICDESERT LANDSCAPES IN CHARNWOOD FOREST Fig. 1. Rugged-Broombriggs; H„rison. Fig. 2. Hornstones...Wiod-worn-Mouotsorrel Quarry. Terraced, Grooved, Smoothed and Polished Surfaces of Granite under Keuper Marl...ROCKS OF CHARNWOOD FOREST LEICESTERSHIRE With which is included the area about Mountsorrel Parts of the...author was Petrologist to the Geological Survey of England and Wales, and when Mr. C. Fox Strangways was engaged...engaged on the survey of the Leicestershire Coalfield and its environs. When Mr. Strangways had defined |
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| 373 EXCURSION TO CHARNWOOD FOR ES T . WHITSUNTID E, 1902. S ATURDAY, M AY 17TH, TO T UE S DAY, Mxv...r P ark. Work was begun in the Southern Sla te Quarry, within sight of Woodhouse Eaves. Purple and gree...the well-kn own Whittle H ill was rea ched, the quarry from which th e Charley honestone is obtain ed...necessary to abandon the proposed visit to Mo rley Quarry, where th ere ar e hornston es and grits of the...and conglomerate, with a little EXCURSION TO CHARNWOOD FOREST. 375 quartzose grit (almost quartzite) |
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| 34 W. W. Wattsâ Leicestershire Climate in Triassic Time By W. W. WATTS M UCH has been written on...discovery made in 1899 by Mr. R. F. Martin near Mountsorrel, further finds at that place and near to it,... and revelations made later at Mountsorrel itself, all seemed to the writer to give decisive confirmation...Terraced and grooved surfaces of granite under boulder-clay at Mountsorrel, and under glacial sands at HawclifFe...several years on the buried Triassic landscape of Charnwood Forest, as well as the inspection of photographs |
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| T. 0. BomorthâOrigin of Tipper Keuper, Leicestershire. 353 V . â T H E OKIGIN OF THE TTPPEB KECPEB...observations on the Upper Keuper are mainly from J_ the Charnwood district, wherein the relations of the Keuper...well seen at Mountsorrel in the section on the east side of the main quarry. Here the granite has beeu denuded...example may be seen at Huncote Quarry, where the South Leicestershire granite is so decomposed that the sand-martins...a depth of some 200 yards, syenite of South Leicestershire type was reached. About 45 feet of this were |
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| Stationery Office. AGE OF MOUNTSORREL GRANITE SIR,âThe granite or granodiorite of Mountsorrel, situated some seven...seven miles to the north of Leicester, England, is a large intrusive boss more than a mile in diameter...but is not similar to other igneous rocks of Charnwood Forest. It appears to be later than the Charnian...Kinchley, a diorite said to be associated with the granite is intruded into slates which are probably members...Charnian pyroclastic sequence. On the other hand the granite is itself cut by dolerite dykes of Carboniferous |
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| Frank Ince 78 Leconfield Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3SQ EDITORIAL BOARD R.E. Bevins, Cardiff...Hubbard, 30 Thirlmere Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, LE12 8QQ. Printed by: Flexpress Ltd, 8 Coal...Bridges 6-12 Unusual fluorite from Old Towns Quarry, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham Trevor F. Bridges...occurrences of hydrocarbon-containing materials in Leicestershire Francis Ince 25-38 A new assemblage of manganese...appropriate that this volume includes a paper on Leicestershire mineralogy: in this case, occurrences of h |
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| L. Allen.1 A. Charnwood Forest ........ 1 B. The Precambrian palaeontology of Charnwood Forest . .12 C...of South Leicestershire . . . .41 Camptonite Sills of Warwickshire . . . . .47 The Mountsorrel District...in the Oilfields . . . . .97 Details of the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields . 98 Possible...with a contribution from T. D. Ford . .'.112 A. Charnwood Forest . . . . . . .112 B. Cambrian Mineralization...of Southwest Leicestershire 114 V 149252 CONTENTS vi D. E. F. G. The Mountsorrel Area . Epigenetic |
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| situate on the eastern edge of the central plain of England, and the greater part of it is within from 150...Rising sharply in this plMn are the hills of Charnwood, formed of pre-Cambrian rocks, peeping up through...~eot above O.D.), which is the highest point in Charnwood. As has been shown by Prof. W . W . W a t t s...buried hills; and as usually the extension of a quarry on each occasion is carried on in the direction...overburden is at the time least, the outline of a quarry tends to be almost..exactly a contour of the buried |
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| CHAPTER XXXI. CHARNWOOD FOREST. By PROF. W . W . WATTS. Sc.D. , F .R.S., F. G.S . INTROD UCTION. N...upland in the Triassic plain which borders the Leicestershire coalfield. Its hills are steep and craggy,...of which is more complicated by faults 771 CHARNWOOD FOREST. than was at one time supposed. In spite...Lapworth, and Mr. Bosworth. On its five visits to Charnwood the Association has given its chief attention...relations. * Potter, T. R., II The History of Charnwood Forest, etc .. " 1842. t Quart. fourn. Geol. Soc |
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| A. R. HorwoodâUpper Trias of Leicestershire. 109 Ilmenite, in allotriomorphic grains and rhombohedra...Hills at Leicester, is well exposed in a little quarry at Ashleigh House. Here the highest part of the...1017/S0016756800125853 110 A. R. HorwoodâUpper Trias of Leicestershire. / I I I Estheria Marls. Acrodus Beds. \...Fox-Strangways. Recently the hilly ground between this quarry and the New Parks has been opened up for building...1017/S0016756800125853 A. R. HorivoodâUpper Trias of Leicestershire. overlying marls, follows:â 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. |
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| in the South Leicestershire Diorite: evidence from an Ordovician pluton at Croft Quarry 166 Tim Colman...503617 Front cover: Croft Quarry, Charnwood Forest, seen from the air. The quarry produces strong aggregate...aggregate stone from a pluton of the South Leicestershire Diorite, and also exposes sections through two Triassic...designs. It is difïŹcult to identify the car at the quarry because any distinctive radiator is obscured, and...âAlum Shalesâ (the Whitby Mudstone Formation in the UK) are considered prospective. They could be the new |
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| INVESTIGATIONS ON THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MOUNTSORREL GRANITE SIR,âWe would like to comment on some points...as the Boothorpe Fault, which separates the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfields, is about 4-1...eastern boundary of the Leicestershire Coalfield) may be present to the N.E. of Charnwood Forest, from structural...Limestone as against 2-7 for Charnian rocks and the Mountsorrel intrusion. With such small differences in density...Fault. Minor faulting can be seen in the quarry at Mountsorrel. There is evidence that some projecting |
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| THE GEOLOGY OF CHARNWOOD FOREST . .By F. W. BE:\NETT, M.D., B.Se. ; E. E. LOWE, Ph.D., B.Sc.; H...S. I. INTRODUCTION. Association has visited Charnwood Forest on many occasions. but there has been no...members will also recall the dramatic scene at Mountsorrel. Professor Watts demonstrated the discoverv he...smoothing of the ·surface of the granite in many parts of the quarry. He proved his case by showing that...for twenty years he had brought visitors to this quarry to show them the effect of glacial action in smoothing |
 | (1903) Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales - II.âThe Geology of the Country near Leicester (Explanation of Sheet 156) By C. Fox-StrangwaysF.G.S., 8vo; pp. vi and 122, with 15 text illustrations. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office. London: E. Stanford, Long Acre (or of Messrs. Dulau & Co., 37, Soho Square, W.), 1903. Price 3s.; price of Sheet-Map 156, colour-printed, 1s. 6d. Geological Magazine, S. 4 Vol. 10 (7) 313-316 doi:10.1017/s0016756800112750 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| ReviewsâGeological Survey of EnglandâLeicester. 313 reached at any place along this coast, and that...JUKES-BROWNE. MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ENGLAND AND WALES. II.âThe Geology of the Country near...1017/S0016756800112750 314 ReviewsâGeological Survey of EnglandâLeicester. mHANKS to the energy of the Director...series one-inch Map of England, which covers parts of central and eastern Leicestershire and a part of Rutland...the outcrop of the granite and other older rocks in the neighbourhood of Mountsorrel to be shown with more |
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| therefore not fully appreciated. Palaeontologist and UK dinosaur expert Dean Lomax has now had the chance...in the world, or ÂŁ15.00 for printed copies in the UK. Weâll send you the next 3 issues, to the end of...bacterial reef at Salthill Quarry and some excellent folded limestone at Lanehead Quarry. The trail is in two...Museum at 10.30 Saturday, May 29 Mountsorrel Heritage Centre, Leicestershire Tarmac operate one of the countryâs...countryâs largest granite quarries at Mountsorrel on the edge of Charnwood Forest. However this isnât a |
