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List Of Quarries
This is a list of notable quarries, worldwide. In Australia: * Bombo Headland Quarry Geological Site * Boogardie quarry *Boya, Western Australia * Cronulla sand dunes *Moorooduc Quarry Flora and Fauna Reserve * Mount Gibraltar Trachyte Quarries Complex * Portland Cement Works Precinct *Prospect Hill (New South Wales) * Seaham Quarry * Statham's Quarry In Canada: *Butchart Gardens * Connolly's quarry * Don Valley Brick Works *French Fort Cove * Hammerstone Project *Mary's Point * Miron Quarry *Queenston *Walcott Quarry In Germany: * Cotta Sandstone * Elbe Sandstone * Grillenburg Sandstone * Hohburg Hills * Königshain Hills * Kriemhildenstuhl * Mühlsteinbrüche * Posta Sandstone * Reinhardtsdorf Sandstone * Waldenecksee * Wunsiedel Marble In Italy: *Carrara, source of white marble including the block from which Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quarries
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environmental impact. The word ''quarry'' can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone. Types of rock Types of rock extracted from quarries include: *Chalk * China clay * Cinder *Clay *Coal *Construction aggregate (sand and gravel) *Coquina *Diabase *Gabbro *Granite *Gritstone *Gypsum *Limestone *Marble * Ores *Phosphate rock *Quartz *Sandstone *Slate *Travertine Stone quarry Stone quarry is an outdated term for mining construction rocks (limestone, marble, granite, sandstone, etc.). There are open types (called quarries, or open-pit mines) and closed types ( mines and caves). For thousands of years, only hand tools had been used in quarries. In the 18th century, the use of drilling and blasting operations w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miron Quarry
Miron or Mirón may refer to: * Miron (name) * Miron (surname) * El Mirón, a municipality in Ávila, Castile and León, Spain * El Mirón Cave, in the upper Asón River valley, Cantabria, Spain * 17049 Miron, 1 minor planet See also * Miron Costin (other) * Collado del Mirón, a municipality in Ávila, Castile and León, Spain {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wunsiedel Marble
Wunsiedel Marble (german: Wunsiedler Marmor) is a group of metamorphic carbonate rocks, which were, and are, mainly extracted in the German town Wunsiedel at several quarries. This Upper Franconian calcite marble occurs both in this region and beyond, particularly in Bavaria. It is found in a northern band (around Wunsiedel) and southern band (at Marktredwitz and Arzberg). Examples of use Wunsiedel * Cemetery, grave slabs * Town hall, flooring * Courtyard design of the primary and secondary school (extension) Fuchsmühl * Mariahilf pilgrimage church, flooring See also *List of types of marble Sources * F. Eder / U. Emmert / G. v. Horstig / G. Stettner: ''Geologische Übersichtskarte 1:200.000, CC 6334 Bayreuth''. Hannover (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe) 1981 * C. Gäbert / A. Steuer / Karl Weiss: ''Die nutzbaren Gesteinsvorkommen Deutschlands''. Berlin (Union Dt. Verlagsgesellschaft) 1915 * Dietmar Herrmann: ''Vom Bergbau im Fichtelgebirge (Teil 2)''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldenecksee
The Waldenecksee or Petersee is a quarry lake on the western edge of the Northern Black Forest. It lies in an exclave of the municipality of Sinzheim, surrounded by Baden-Baden, between Iberg and Fremersberg on the western side of the hill of Waldeneck. Around 1900 a quarry was established here that was worked until 1968. After that a lake formed on the floor of the quarry, about 200 metres long and 35–75 metres wide.Gemeinde SinzheimWaldenecksee retrieved 1 November 2013 One of its common names, the Petersee, is derived from the name of the former quarry owners, the Peter Porphyry Gravel Works (''Porphyr-Schotterwerk Peter''). Today it is leased as an angling lake and bathing is forbidden. Ecology Because water could not circulate in the lake as it is fed by springs and surface water, and because of nutrients introduced by plant growth and bathers, there was a risk of life in the lake dying out. This could only be prevented in summer 2013 by the intervention of the fire serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhardtsdorf Sandstone
Reinhardtsdorf Sandstone (german: Reinhardtsdorfer Sandstein, also ''Oberquader'' or ''Hauptsandstein'') is quarried in the vicinity of Reinhardtsdorf near Pirna in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in the German Free State of Saxony. It is the so-called main sandstone of the Elbe sandstones, and was formed in the Middle Turonian. In 2008 there was one quarry that won this particular sandstone. See also * List of sandstones This is a list of types of sandstone that have been or are used economically as natural stone for building and other commercial or artistic purposes. Trans-regional (across state borders) *'' Cornbrash Sandstone'': North Rhine-Westphalia, Low ... * Cotta Sandstone * Posta Sandstone * Wehlen Sandstone References Sources *W. Dienemann und O. Burre: ''Die nutzbaren Gesteine Deutschlands und ihre Lagerstätten mit Ausnahme der Kohlen, Erze und Salze'', Enke-Verlag, Stuttgart 1929. * Siegfried Grunert: ''Der Elbsandstein: Vor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posta Sandstone
Posta Sandstone (german: Postaer Sandstein) also called Wehlen Sandstone (''Wehlener Sandstein''), only occurs on the eastern banks of the River Elbe at Alte Poste, near Herrenleithe, Wehlen, Zeichen and Posta. The thickness of the deposit is between 30 and 50 metres. It is also known as ''Überquader'' ("Over Ashlar") and has the smallest deposit of all the Elbe sandstones. In 2008 it was being quarried in the areas around the village of Lohmen and in Wehlen. Quarrying and use In 2008, Posta Sandstone was being won in two quarries in the Wesenitz valley and it was being used for solid window and door frames, façade slabs, sculptor's blocks and high-profile masonry work. It is used especially in restoration work and sometimes also in new structures. The following is a selection of the structures built in Posta Sandstone: * Berlin: ** Ground floor of the Berlin Institute of Technology in Charlottenburg * Dresden: ** Old Town (''Altmarkt'') (rebuilding after the Second Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mühlsteinbrüche
The Mühlsteinbrüche ("Millstone Quarries") south of Jonsdorf in the Zittau Mountains in Saxony are a region of bizarre rock formations, which have been formed by the quarrying of sandstone for millstones and also by weathering processes. They are a popular hiking and climbing area. An educational trail runs through the region which has an area of about 35 hectares. Location and surrounding area The Mühlsteinbrüche are located south of Jonsdorf at a height of 480 to 560 metres. To the southwest they are adjoined by the Jonsdorfer Felsenstadt. About 600 metres to the south is the border with the Czech Republic. Geology The sandstone in the Mühlsteinbrüche region was formed in the geological age of the Middle Turonian and, based on its formation, belongs to the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. It is characterised by several special features. For example, the sandstone, which was formed by sedimentation, has been breached multiple times by basaltic and phonolitic intrusions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kriemhildenstuhl
The ''Kriemhildenstuhl'', more rarely ''Krimhildenstuhl'' (short i), in the forests around the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, is an old Roman quarry, which was worked by the 22nd Legion of the Roman Army, who were stationed in Mogontiacum (Mainz) around 200 A. D. The site has been designated as an area monument (''Denkmalzone'') Bad Dürkheim: Information board at the Quarry (''Infotafel am Steinbruch''). and is owned by the Drachenfels Club. Location The ''Kriemhildenstuhl'' lies left of the small river of the Isenach northwest of Bad Dürkheim at a height of 250 metres above sea level on the southeastern hillside of the 300-metre-high Kästenberg. The latter is a southern spur of the Teufelsstein, which belongs to the Haardt mountains which form the eastern perimeter of the Palatine Forest range, facing the Upper Rhine Plain. Immediately above the quarry is the ''Heidenmauer'', a 26 hectare fortified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königshain Hills
The Königshain Hills (german: Königshainer Berge, Upper Sorbian: ''Limas'') lie in Eastern Upper Lusatia west of the town of Görlitz in the Landkreis Görlitz, county of the same name. They are located north and south of the village of Königshain after which they are named, and are an extensive, mainly wooded granite region. Their highest points are the Kämpferberge (415m above sea level) and the well-known Hochstein (Königshain Hills), Hochstein, 406m above sea level. The entire hill range has been a protected area since 1974. In a part ''(Elysium)'' of the former Firsten Quarry there is a bird reserve. External links Königshain Hills {{DEFAULTSORT:Konigshain Hills Natural regions of Saxony Hill ranges of Germany Climbing areas of Germany Protected areas of Saxony Quarries in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohburg Hills
The Hohburg Hills (german: Hohburger Berge), also called Hohburg Switzerland (''Hohburger Schweiz''), are located in the district of Nordsachsen near the eponymous village of Hohburg in the municipality of Lossatal in the German state of Saxony. Geography These quartz-porphyry hills rise prominently up to 120 metres out of the surround plain of the Leipzig Bay, east of the River Mulde. Their highest point is the Löbenberg at (). Other high points are the Gaudlitzberg (), the Burzelberg () and the Galgenberg ("Gallows Hill", ). South of Hohburg is the Kleine Berg ("Little Hill") with a height of . In the valley lying amongst the Hohburg Hills, the stream of the Lossabach flows through Müglenz, Hohburg, Klein- and Großzschepa to empty into the Mulde near Thallwitz. History The Hohburg Hills were shaped by decades of intensive stone quarrying. This produced steep rock faces and several lakes in the hollows that were left behind. The rock faces, up to forty meters high, ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grillenburg Sandstone
Grillenburg Sandstone (german: Grillenburger Sandstein) and Niederschöna Sandstone (''Niederschönaer Sandstein'') belong to the Elbe Sandstones of central Europe. There used to be a number of sandstone quarries in the Tharandt Forest and its neighbourhood, not far from Höckendorf (Paulsdorf Heath) and Ruppendorf, near Grillenburg, Niederschöna and Hetzdorf in the state of Saxony. These Cretaceous sandstones emerged in the Cenomanian and Turonian ages. The aforementioned quarries have long since closed. Description and use This sandstone is both fine- and coarse-grained; its colour ranging from white to brown; in addition to quartz and mica, numerous plant impressions of the genus ''Credneria'' are found in it. According to sedimentological investigations and historical research, the material for the Golden Gate of Freiberg Cathedral came from the "ashlar stratum" (''Werksteinbank'') in the area of Grillenburg.Siegfried Grunert: ''Der Sandstein der Sächsischen Schweiz''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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