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Earth Science Conservation Review
| Black Mountain Quarry, Belfast | Antrim |
| Site number: | 551 | ||
| ESCC: | EA | ||
| Locality Type: | Quarry (working) | Status: | local interest |
| Grid Reference: | J280723 Centroid | ||
| Google maps: | 54.5832,-6.0202 | ||
| County: | Antrim | Council area: | Belfast City Council |
| Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Lithostrat: | Antrim Lava Group, Lower Basalt Formation | ||
| Site Description | |
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| Highlights: | |
Tertiary basalt with zeolite minerals. | |
| Introduction: | |
This is an active, deeply excavated quarry in the Lower Basalt Formation, quarried for roadstone etc. by White Mountain Quarries Ltd. | |
| Description: | |
Purple vesicular basalt contains analcime, natrolite, mesolite, chabazite and calcite.
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| Keywords | |
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| Minerals: | Analcime, Calcite, Chabazite, Gyrolite, Natrolite, Zeolites, Mesolite, Apophyllite, Phacolite |
| Rocks: | Basalt |
| Products: | Roadstone |
| Structures: | vesicles |
| Access | |
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| Management: | |
Monitor regularly and collect fresh specimens as material becomes available. The site is inappropriate for public access due to high cliff faces, which render the quarry hazardous. | |
| Uses | |
| Uses: | Active, deep quarry. |
| Record type: | ESCR report | Recorded by: | R. Nawaz and N.R. Moles |
| Entered by: | E M Porter | ||
| Last updated: | 07 MAY 68 | ||
| Enlander, I., Dempster, M. & Doughty, P., 2026. Black Mountain Quarry, Belfast, County Antrim, site details. [In] Earth Science Conservation Review. https://www.habitas.org.uk/escr/site.php?item=551. Accessed on 2026-11-05. |
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