Lea Castle Quarry

The Site has been extensively assessed as to its potential for a mineral resource.

Investigations comprise published geological maps and borehole drilling, combined with both historical drilling results and trial pitting.

The geology comprises both River Terrace Sand and Gravel of the River Severn and weathered Sherwood Sandstone (solid sand). The proposed working resource being ~ 3 million tonnes of Mineral.

The sand and gravel deposit is of brown to orange-brown quartzite sands with fine-to-coarse rounded gravel.

The weathered solid sand is comprised mainly of fine-to-medium grained quartz sand with occasional gravel units present.

It is estimated that within a total extraction area of 26 hectares, there are total potential saleable reserves of 1.57 million tonnes of sand and gravel present, with 1.43 million tonnes of solid sand.

Sand and gravel from this site would be used within mortar, concrete and general building sand, and as a land drainage medium.

Please note that sand and gravel extraction does not involve blasting and is a low-level operation.