{{Infobox SSSI |image= Croft Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 681324.jpg |image_caption = |name= Croft and Huncote Quarry |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Geological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SP 511 964 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= 35.3 hectares<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1986<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003745%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Croft and Huncote Quarry''' is a {{convert|35.3|hectare|acre|adj=on}} geological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] north of [[Croft, Leicestershire|Croft]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003745&SiteName=croft&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Croft and Huncote Quarry | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 9 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003745%27 |title=Map of Croft and Huncote Quarry|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 9 November 2017}}</ref> It is a [[Geological Conservation Review]] site.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=2595 |title= Croft Quarry (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 9 November 2017}}</ref>
This site exposes [[igneous]] [[tonalite]] rocks 452 million years old, in the [[Ordivician]] period, and it helps to document the growth of continental crust beneath central England. This layer is [[unconformably]] overlain by [[Triassic]] mineralised [[manganese]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003745.pdf|title=Croft and Huncote Quarry citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=9 November 2017|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235834/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003745.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The site is private land with no public access.
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Croft and Huncote Quarry}} {{coord| 52.563| -1.247 |type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title}} {{SSSIs Leicestershire }} [[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire]] [[Category:Geological Conservation Review sites]]