Gurney Slade quarry

Gurney Slade quarry

Gurney Slade quarry, gbmapping|ST626497 is a limestone quarry near Gurney Slade between Binegar and Holcombe, on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England.

Gurney Slade quarry exhibits pale to very dark grey Carboniferous Limestone overlain by red and purple-coloured Triassic breccias and marls with a small faulted block of overlying Lower Jurassic breccias forming an angular unconformity with the Carboniferous Limestone. There is abundant vertical sediment infilled fissures and joints (Neptunian Dykes). The rocks contain varying amounts of calcite mineralization, and there is common fossil material associated with the Carboniferous and Jurassic limestones. [cite web | title=Gurney Slade Quarry Geodiversity | url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/ete/countryside/geodiversity/index.cfm?override=subtopic&infoid=4649 | work=Somerset County Council | accessdate=2007-02-02]

It is owned by Morris & Perry (Gurney Slade) Ltd.

References

See also

* Quarries of the Mendip Hills


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