Micklefield Quarry
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Condition (Natural England)
| Unit | Feature | Condition | Area (ha) | Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE445324 | — | Favourable | 0.6 | 2024-03-12 |
Geology & landscape
Mining / Industrial: Quarry · Geological Period: Permian · Rock Type: Limestone
Description
Description This quarry lies close to residential houses in New Micklefield, a mining locality close to the Magnesian Limestone between Leeds and Selby. Landscaping operations have helped it to become an attractive feature of the neighbourhood. It is an important site showing around 17 metres of Zechstein rocks. These include representative members of the Cadeby Formation lying above a discontinuity, the Hampole discontinuity. The limestones of the Wetherby Member are algal laminated fenestral ooidgrain stones with crusts and rip up clasts and are overlain, above clays and grainstones, by grainstones of an offshore sand wave facies, which represent the Sprotborough Member. This is an interesting site for studies of facies and stratigraphy in the Late Permian Marine rocks of north east England.