{"id":4426,"date":"2015-12-11T20:42:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T20:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/?p=4426"},"modified":"2023-06-19T09:26:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T09:26:39","slug":"tank-quarry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/2015\/12\/tank-quarry\/","title":{"rendered":"Tank Quarry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tank Quarry<\/p><\/div>\n

Geological overview
\n<\/b>Tank Quarry is one of largest quarries that can be found on the Malvern Hills.  Located on the north-eastern side of North Hill, the quarry faces reach approximately 100m in height and are 80m wide at the base.<\/p>\n

The geology of Tank Quarry dates to the Precambrian, approximately 680 million years ago, which means that these rocks are some of the oldest exposed in England. The clear quarry face enables amateurs and experts to study the complex nature of the igneous and metamorphic geology on display.<\/p>\n

The quarry itself is not accessible however the rest of this large site has many accessible rock faces, a geology trail, interpretation boards, picnic area, wonderful view across the Worcester plain and a carpark.<\/p>\n

Tank Quarry is a Community Conservation Champions<\/a> site.  The \u2018Champions\u2019 are a loosely knit group of volunteers who are actively involved in the maintenance and public promotion of 19 geological sites spread across the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. They are engaged in a wide range of activities which vary according to the nature of the site.<\/p>\n

Location
\n<\/b>Malvern, Worcestershire; Grid Reference: SO 7689 4707<\/p>\n

Access
\n<\/b>There is no access to the main quarry faces. The rest of the site however has open access<\/p>\n

\"Champions-Logo-Final1-300x249\"<\/a>Geologi<\/b>cal Age
\n<\/b>Precambrian \u2013 Malverns Complex
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Rock Types
\n<\/b>Igneous \u2013 granite, diorite<\/p>\n

Features
\n<\/strong>Pegmatite
\nQuartz vein
\nBarytes
\nArea structural geology setting
\nIntrusion
\nShear zone
\nLocal and regional geological history<\/p>\n

Interpretation
\n<\/b>Interpretation board
\nOn-site geology cairns with rock specimens
\nMalvern Community Champions trail and guide<\/a>
\n‘Explore’ Malvern Hills 1 guide<\/a>
\nSection 10 of the Geopark Way trail<\/a>
\nTank Quarry trail leaflet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Tank Quarry<\/p>\n

Geological overview Tank Quarry is one of largest quarries that can be found on the Malvern Hills.  Located on the north-eastern side of North Hill, the quarry faces reach approximately 100m in height and are 80m wide at the base.<\/p>\n

The geology of Tank Quarry dates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4426"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6522,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4426\/revisions\/6522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/geopark.org.uk\/pub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}