{{Short description|Quarry and Site of Special Scientific Interest in England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Bardon Hill Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 682083.jpg |image_caption = |name= Bardon Hill Quarry |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Geological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 456 130 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= 58.2 hectares<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1987<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004337%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Bardon Hill Quarry''' is a {{convert|58.2|hectare|acre|adj=on}} geological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] east of [[Coalville]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1004337&SiteName=bardon&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Bardon Hill Quarry | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 14 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004337%27 |title=Map of Bardon Hill Quarry |series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 14 September 2017}}</ref> It is a [[Geological Conservation Review]] site.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1404 |title= Bardon Hill (Precambrian of England & Wales) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 8 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1631 |title= Bardon Hill (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 8 August 2017}}</ref>
This quarry has been operated for over 400 years and produces three million tonnes of rock a year, 15% of UK output. It exposes rocks from an [[andesitic]] [[Precambrian]] volcano, similar to the 1995 [[Soufrière Hills|Montserrat eruption]], about 570 million years ago. There are veins of quartz containing copper and gold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/hazards/volcanoes/models/bardonHillQuarry.html|title=Bardon Hill Quarry|publisher=British Geological Survey|accessdate= 14 September 2017}}</ref>
There is no public access to the site.
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Bardon Hill Quarry}} {{coord| 52.711| -1.329 |type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title}} {{SSSIs Leicestershire }}
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[[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire]] [[Category:Geological Conservation Review sites]]