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Chalk quarries can be dated back at least as early as the mid-18th century, where maps are showing little mining grounds on the eastern- and westernmost end of the hill. Additionally, the works of local geologist
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and have been deposited in a shallow sea with a water depth of less than 30 m (98 ft). The layers exposed in the quarry are oriented nearly vertically and slightly overturned, which is a result of the ascent of the adjacent
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In 1998, a single sauropod tooth was discovered by private fossil collector Holger Lüdtke in the now deactivated quarry. The sauropod tooth was the first specimen of a sauropod dinosaur from the
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Although the quarry is still privately-owned and access to the public banned due to the lethal risks of its rims stretching several tens of meters into the depth without any protection, this place is visited illegally by
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Langenberg to the local street
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administrative court confirmed the operator of the mine in its right to expansion. In order to hinder these plans, the Goslar district put the eastern half of the
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During the middle ages up to the early 19th century, the
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at the westernmost tip of the mountain ridge. However, the production did not reach a significantly geologically noticeable amount until the time after the
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denied these plans on July 7, 1976, leading to a lawsuit that first ended in a win for the mining company on June 29, 1982, where the
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