Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Leicestershire |
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Grid reference | SK 863 252 [1] |
Interest | Geological |
Area | 5.4 hectares (13 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1986 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Sproxton Quarry is a 5.4 hectares (13 acres) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Sproxton in Leicestershire. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3]
The quarry exposes one of the most complete sections of the Middle Jurassic Lincolnshire Limestone Formation, together with the underlying Grantham and Northampton Sand Formations. It has rare ammonites. [4] Sproxton Quarry is a Reference Section for the Grantham Formation. [5]