Mountsorrel Quarry
Quorn, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK
A large aggregate quarry extracting granodiorite, which also produced some mineral specimens.
The quarry has been operated since at least 1905, and a planned extension to the quarry will potentially increase its working time until 2058.
The site has occasionally produced a range of mineral specimens when digging through mineralised areas. Mindat lists 13 minerals from the site.
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If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.
Leicestershire- Bardon Hill Quarry, Bardon, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire
- Breedon Hill Quarry, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire
- Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire
- Mountsorrel Quarry, Quorn, Charnwood, Leicestershire
- New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton under Bardon, Leicestershire
- Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Leicestershire
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