Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UKi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Newhurst Quarry | Quarry |
| Shepshed | Civil Parish |
| Charnwood | District |
| Leicestershire | County |
| England | Constituent Country |
| UK | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
52° 45' 24'' North , 1° 16' 46'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SK486180
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shepshed | 13,505 (2018) | 1.2km |
| Hathern | 1,866 (2018) | 4.6km |
| Belton | 734 (2018) | 4.9km |
| Long Whatton | 1,124 (2018) | 5.4km |
| Loughborough | 59,932 (2017) | 5.5km |
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| The Russell Society | Knighton | 11km |
At Newhurst Quarry (SK 485 179) near Shepshed in Leicestershire, Triassic sandstones and siltstones of the Sherwood Sandstone and Mercia Mudstone groups unconformably overlie extensively folded and faulted Precambrian rocks of the Charnian Supergroup (Carney et al., 2001). In common with other nearby sites, an oxidised copper-dominated mineral assemblage is present in the rocks surrounding the unconformity. Supergene vanadium-bearing minerals are widespread, but uncommon, in this assemblage. Three vanadium-bearing supergene minerals, mottramite, vanadinite, and vésigniéite, the latter being the first British occurrence at the time (see King and Wilson, 1976), were described in a recent review of the mineralogy of the site (Ince, 2005).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
17 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 Description: Azurite is present but rare. |
| ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Habit: scalenohedra |
| ⓘ Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Description: Azurite is present but rare. |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite Formula: Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Habit: earthy |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Description: Inclusions in a copper silicate gel. Small encrustations with a visual similarity to tyrolite are (also ) present, but it did not produce a useful XRD pattern. |
| ⓘ Mottramite Formula: PbCu(VO4)(OH) References: |
| ⓘ Native Copper Formula: Cu Description: Azurite is present but rare. |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Description: Azurite is present but rare. |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 Description: Azurite is present but rare. |
| ⓘ Vanadinite Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl References: |
| ⓘ Vésigniéite Formula: BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 References: King, R. J., Wilson, R. N. (1976) An occurrence of vesigniéite in Leicestershire. Mineralogical Magazine, 40 (313) 533-535 doi:10.1180/minmag.1976.040.313.19 |
| ⓘ Volborthite Formula: Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O Habit: pseudohexagonal platy to thick tabular; drusy encrustations; rosettes. Colour: pistachio to dark green |
| ⓘ Zálesíite Formula: CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6 · 3H2O Habit: minute radiating aggregates of acicular crystals associated with volborthite. They are typically less than 0.2 mm across and the individual crystals are normally only a few hundred nanometres thick. Colour: pale mint green Description: Initial investigations by EDS revealed copper, calcium and vanadium and consequently tangeite, the only known calcium copper vanadate, was suspected. Subsequent analysis by XRD indicated that the mineral was a member of the mixite group, the pattern providing a good match for mixite, zruesiite and agardite, which are structurally similar (XRD reference number MANCH:XRDI446). Further EDS analyses revealed the presence of arsenic as well as calcium, copper and vanadium. The aggregates were tentatively identified as a vanadium-rich variety of the calcium copper arsenate zálesíite, a determination recently confirmed by WDS analyses (Andrew Tindle, personal communication).
The green acicular mineral associated with volborthite at Newhurst Quarry is worthy of further investigation. The outer layers may represent an as yet undescribed vanadate analogue of zálesíite. Extensive P-for-As substitution is known in mixite group minerals (e.g. Frost, R.L., Weier, M., Maltens, W. and Duong, L. (2005) Identification of mixite minerals - an SEM and Raman spectroscopic analysis. Mineralogical Magazine, 69,169-177.), but there is little data on vanadium substitution and no vanadium-bearing minerals are included in the group by Back, M.E. and Mandarino, J.A (2008) Fleischer's Glossary of Mineral Species: 2008. The Mineralogical Record, Tucson, Arizona. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Mottramite | 8.BH.40 | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| ⓘ | Vésigniéite | 8.BH.45 | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Vanadinite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| ⓘ | Zálesíite | 8.DL.15 | CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| ⓘ | Volborthite | 8.FD.05 | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| H | ⓘ Vésigniéite | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| H | ⓘ Zálesíite | CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| O | ⓘ Vésigniéite | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Zálesíite | CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Zálesíite | CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| V | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| V | ⓘ Vésigniéite | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| V | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite | Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcocite | Cu2S |
| Cu | ⓘ Native Copper | Cu |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| Cu | ⓘ Vésigniéite | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Volborthite | Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 · 2H2O |
| Cu | ⓘ Zálesíite | CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Zálesíite | CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6 · 3H2O |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Vésigniéite | BaCu3(VO4)2(OH)2 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Mottramite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
| Pb | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
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Newhurst Quarry, Shepshed, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK