S Engering, S and Barron, H.F. (2007) Doncaster Geodiversity Assessment Volumes 1&2. British Geological Survey Commissioned Report CR/07/025N.
For planning purposes consult Doncaster City Council The report is also available as a PDF download from NERC NORA
Site name: Cadeby Waste Water Works
Site key: DR3
Grid reference:
Site type: disused quarries, pits and cuttings
Local authority: Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire
Site dimensions: 10 m x 6 m
Site owner: Yorkshire Water Conservation
Status: Proposed Regionally Important Geological
Site date: No Date
Field surveyor: Scott Engering Date: 13/3/07
Time unit: Carboniferous, Westphalian Rock unit: Dalton Rock, Pennine Upper Coal Measures Formation, Pennine Coal Measure Group
Rock type: Sandstone Details: Massive medium grained reddened sandstone and fine grained, cross bedded, pale yellow sandstone
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An old quarry exposure of a section through the Upper Coal Measures strata beneath the limestone escarpment immediately to the west of the South Don Fault. The gates were locked and a close inspection not possible but the lower half of the section appeared to comprise massive reddened sandstone, overlain by cross-bedded pale yellow friable sandstone which does not have the typical darkened and weathered appearance of Carboniferous sandstone. They also contain occasional large vugs/nodules, which appear as discontinuous lenses.
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In view of the rarity of good exposures in the Upper Coal Measures in Doncaster, further investigation of this site is recommended with the permission of the owners, Yorkshire Water.
Ratings: 1–2 very poor; 3–4 poor; 5–6 acceptable/useful; 7–8 quite good; 9–10 very good/excellent; N/A not applicable; D/K don't know
Aspect/Description/Rating
Road access & parking Limited outside gates to old quarry site. Care needs to be taken when pulling out into a busy back lane. Rating: 5
Safety of access No access beyong gates but visible from safe area away from road. Rating: 5
Safety of exposure Not assessed. View from outside fence to site. Appears reasonably safe. Rating: 5
Permission to visit Yorkshire Water D/K
Current condition Clean, clear rock faces. Shrubs and vegetation to lower rock face. Rating: 7
Current conflicting activities Site used as waste water treatment works
Restricting conditions Gated and fenced
Nature of exposure Old quarry face
Multiple exposures /prospect for trail Good potential for stop off with small party/minibus in association with a variety of other sites in the area
Notes A locked site in private ownership
Aspect/Description/Rating
Historic, archaeological & literary associations Local industrial archaeology. Rating: 5
Aesthetic landscape Limited quarry exposure but good views at top of escarpment near Cadeby. Rating: 5
History of earth sciences Locally important as an outcrop of Dalton Rock. Rating: 6
Economic geology Source of local building stone. Rating: 6
Notes
Surface processes General weathering of rock surfaces. Rating: 6
Geomorphology Base of limestone escarpment. Rating:. Rating: 5
Sedimentary Varied lithology of Coal Measure sandstone, vugs, nodules and possible Permian sandstone. Rating: 7
Fossils Not applicable. Rating: 0
Igneous Not applicable. Rating: 0
Metamorphic Not applicable. Rating: 0
Tectonic: structural Close proximity to position of the South Don Fault, an important feature of regional structural geology. Rating: 7
Minerals Not applicable. Rating: 0
Stratigraphy rare exposure of Dalton Rock in Doncaster. Rating: 7
Notes Limited general education value for close study due to inaccessibility but a very good fieldwork and research site, with permission
Very good, on strength of rarity of Dalton Rock and possible associations with unconformable Permian rocks. Rating: 8