Gurney Slade Quarry
Binegar, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
Gurney Slade Quarry is an active limestone aggregate quarry worked since the mid 18th century.
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Mindat lists various minerals from the site, including baryte, calcite, hematite, marcasite and sphalerite.
Of most interest are probably the barytes from the site which can be uraniferous – but also the fossils, including jurassic sediments which include Keuhneosaurus.
Further reading
- https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/mendips/localities/gurneyslade.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurney_Slade_quarry
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-232601.html
If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.
Somerset- Cannington Park Quarry, Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset
- Gurney Slade Quarry, Binegar, Mendip, Somerset
- Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset
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