{{Short description|British geological site}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Mound by quarry - geograph.org.uk - 323832.jpg |image_caption = |name= Newhurst Quarry |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Geological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SK 485 179 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= {{convert| 9.5 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1984<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001025%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Newhurst Quarry''' is a {{convert| 9.5 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} geological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] on the southern outskirts of [[Shepshed]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001025&SiteName=newhurst&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Newhurst Quarry | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 14 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001025%27 |title=Map of Newhurst Quarry|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 14 November 2017}}</ref> It is a [[Geological Conservation Review]] site.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1633 |title= Newhurst Quarry (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate=14 November 2017}}</ref>
This is the only British site where [[hypogene]] mineralisation, deep in the earth, has been weathered during the [[Triassic]], around 225 million years ago. It is also the only British site to have the minerals [[coulsonite]] and [[vesignieite]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001025.pdf|title=Newhurst Quarry citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=14 November 2017|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223242/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001025.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The site is private land with no public access.
==References== {{reflist}} {{coord| 52.756| -1.282 |type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title}} {{SSSIs Leicestershire }} [[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire]] [[Category:Geological Conservation Review sites]] [[Category:Shepshed]]