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Crime Rigg Quarry 434400 541600
Active Quarry
Owned by Sherburn Stone Co Ltd.
This working quarry displays probably the most important site in the Lower Permian Yellow Sands Formation, with overlying Marl Slate Formation and Raisby Formation.
Proposed action Interpretation. Possible viewpoint to Yellow Sands Formation?
Existing designations SSSI GCR
Existing on site interpretation None
Major geodiversity interest A very thick exposure of Yellow Sands Formation displaying cross bedding.
Cemented in upper beds, passing up through Marl Slate Raisby and Ford formations.(25/48m). The Marl Slate Formation is exposed at the top of a great thickness of Yellow Sands Formation in a similar situation to Quarrington. Well exposed basal and middle units of Raisby Formation in north of quarry. Large faces in the quarry show the complex, interdigitating cross-bedding typical of the Yellow Sand Formation.
Biodiversity interest None
Other heritage links None
Additional comment Quarry owner is well aware of, and sympathetic to, the geological importance of the site
Date of photography 2003