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List of quarries in the United States

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1572:, NRHP-listed, "a complex consisting of a series of basalt quarries and structures that archaeologists have interpreted as having a military defensive purpose. The site has been known since at least 1927, and was first formally surveyed in the 1960s. Features of the site include extraction pits, from which basalt was quarried for the manufacture of stone tools and weapons, as well as domestic features such as grinding stones. Archaeologists in 1985 noted that some of the sites features were, including trenches and terracing, were made in areas that were unsuitable for the production of stone tools, and closely resemble known military defensive structures in other areas of the Samoan islands. 1453: 1477:, near Doyle, Wisconsin or Rice Lake, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed. "Several tribes have used rock from the quarry to create ceremonial pipes. Historically, various tribes would travel long distances to acquire the special red-colored stone found in the quarry. A widespread legend among the tribes is that the stone gets its color from the flesh and blood of their ancestors." 1188:), a relatively soft stone easily workable into containers. Native Americans are known to have used this quarry. A study of the site conducted in the mid-1980s concluded that the quarry was probably worked in an organized manner, to produce containers in a variety of size. Items made from this quarry have been found across southern New England." 928:
and Quarry Road (Orange County Route 68), built into the side of a 580-foot (177 m) hill known as Mount Lookout. In the 1960s, archaeologists digging at the site found caves with artifacts left by hunter-gatherers 12,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age. A Paleo-Indian fluted point, a very rare
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Many quarries were opened temporarily to provide stone for one or a few local or regional construction projects, but could not compete later when railroads allowed for economical transportation of heavy building materials to the area. Quarrying spurred the construction of railways and vice versa,
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Thunderbird Archaeological District and Jasper quarry, near Limeton, Virginia, is an archaeological district described as consisting of "three sites—Thunderbird Site, the Fifty Site, and the Fifty Bog. It is located in Warren County Virginia, near modern-day Front Royal, in the Shenandoah River
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There were numerous more quarries in the U.S. during the 1800s and 1900s than are operational now. In Oregon, a state with much less activity than Vermont and other bigger quarrying states, there were more than 250 quarries operational at one time or another. In 1906 the state
420:, formerly a limestone quarry, now one of the largest subterranean storage facilities in the nation, with nearly 4,000,000 square feet (370,000 m) space. It began as an open pit quarry in 1886 due in part to its proximity to a railroad. Underground 1237:, Gaffney, South Carolina, NRHP-listed, "the most extensive and best preserved limestone quarry associated with early iron production in the northwestern Piedmont of South Carolina. It was the primary source of limestone for the region's ironworks." 207: 538:
quarrying over 42 years during the middle of the 20th century. Deemed the largest building in the state, it has 4,000,000 square feet (370,000 m) and is now used for tourism including zip lines, for storage and other
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stone tool, was among them. At the time of its discovery it was the oldest such site east of the Mississippi. The site has been at the center of a battle between local archaeologists and the Pleasant Valley-based
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and becoming the Cold Spring Granite Company. The company became the largest quarrier in the country by 1930. It now has quarries and works in Minnesota, New York, South Dakota, Texas, California and Canada.
328: 1294:, Lueder's Limestone quarry mining from the Lueders Basin outside Abilene, Texas with more than 100 years of Limestone reserves, 14 harvestable layers of limestone and over 12 color options. 623:
used in two Potomac River canals: the Potowmack Canal (opened in 1802, and officially known as the Great Falls Skirting Canal) on the Virginia side of Great Falls; and the C&O Canal.
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quarry that was "a major source of flint found at archaeological sites across North America, and it has been estimated that the material was mined there from 11,000 B.C. to A.D. 1600."
283:, Southington, Connecticut, NRHP-listed. Identified in 1825 to be a site of blue limestone, suitable for making Portland cement, which previously had to be imported from England 1601:. The prehistoric megaliths found there are believed to have been used as foundation pillars for houses." Is this same or different than the source of stone pillars for 986: 1557: 1208: 667:, a granite quarry that opened in 1809 and operated until 1935. By 1888, the company employed over 200 workers, and produced about 30,000 tons of granite per year. 24:(NRHP), ranging from relatively ancient archeological sites to places having pre-World War II activity. This includes major areas of continuing, modern quarrying. 1375:, since 2016 part of Polycor, Inc., the largest producer of marble and granite in North America. Quarrying continues, and the quarry may be visited by the public. 1161:, West Whiteland, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed, includes quarry site and the "Quarry Master's House and two worker's houses", which are all stuccoed stone structures. 597: 1688:. Derived from "The Structural and Industrial Materials of California", Bulletin No. 38, by Lewis E. Auburn, State Mineralogist, San Francisco, California, 1906 646: 603: 591: 1128: 924:, Goshen, NY, NRHP-listed, "in the Town of Goshen in Orange County, New York. It is midway between the village of Goshen and Florida, at the junction of 756: 286: 1778: 1279: 1228: 1625: 446: 75:, on-site quarrying, blocks, aggregates, calcium carbonate 99.5%, established 1908 in the Chiricahua Mountains; colors: white, grey, black, blue 1805: 1234: 1222: 1059: 1480: 1081: 1766: 1434: 750: 21: 425: 1392:, a building stone used in many of the early government buildings in Washington, D.C., including the U.S. Capitol and the White House. 1385: 990: 649:, Milton and Quincy, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed, archaeological site used from 7,000 B.P. until the early 17th century as a source of 514: 1134: 784: 264: 576:, a now "flooded marble quarry in Cockeysville, Maryland, that has been used as a swimming location since the 1930s. Source of 459: 199: 159: 125: 158:
site. Deemed one of the most polluted sites in California in 1980s, and associated with mismanagement and scandal in the U.S.
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According to Marble.com, in 2016 there were 276 quarries producing natural stone in 34 states, and states producing the most
1266: 1247: 886: 1114:, a former archaeological site which, during excavation of its gravel, yielded numerous artifacts and buried bodies of the 808: 1490: 944: 940: 930: 835: 270: 147: 951:, also known as Inwood and Westchester marble, found in southern New York state and western Connecticut as part of the 1440: 1407: 1332: 1218: 1158: 1148: 1144: 1087: 952: 794: 670: 560: 90: 766: 643:, source of granite for many of 39 textile mill complexes and other local buildings, both before and after 1843 fire. 496: 1322: 1034: 982: 165: 1009: 961: 921: 640: 553: 453: 223: 143: 860: 1417: 1372: 1300:, a shotrock limestone quarry located on the Big Spring Mesa approximately 10 miles south of Big Spring, Texas. 1198: 1164: 908: 695:
quarry that opened in 1881 in Westford, Massachusetts, and in 2009 it owned a quarry in Milford, New Hampshire.
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were Texas, Massachusetts, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia. The term "quarry" refers also to sites producing
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quarries in the world, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, 0.5 miles wide, and up to 450 feet deep, site of a
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reef. Quarried since 1836. The quarry also acts as an emergency flood control reservoir as part of
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and areas of quarrying in the United States. A number of these are historic quarries listed on the
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for storage of 400,000 tires, and by Controlled Pharming Ventures for growing tomatoes and corn.
336:, Georgia, site of granite quarrying from the 1830s. Its granite was used in the locks of the 1700:"National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fall River Multiple Resource Area" 1403: 1077: 1069: 1030: 715: 705: 483: 413: 175: 1723:"National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Jasper Stone Company and Quarry" 1619: 1598: 1518: 1496: 965: 896: 479: 417: 252: 232: 989:, "the world's largest open faced granite quarry". It has been quarried since 1743 by the 769:, Jasper, Minnesota, NRHP-listed. Quarry established c. 1890, an early regional source of 1753: 1586: 1550:, Tula, AS, NRHP-listed, "a prehistoric stone quarry on the eastern side of the island of 1522: 948: 774: 770: 682: 611: 388: 219: 193: 98: 52: 1511:
period fossils, in the course of quarrying rock slabs for countertops and other purposes.
1100:, a limestone quarry and crusher plant near Marion, Ohio, around which the community of 1569: 1514: 1395: 1131:, Cashtown, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed, in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania 1051: 345: 333: 129: 72: 1799: 1602: 1594: 1368: 1107: 616: 473: 114:
Chile Bar Slate company quarry, off of highway CA193 next to the American River near
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Wendy Frontiero; Vivienne Lasky; Peter Stott; Sarah Zimmerman (August 26, 1982).
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near Milford, Utah, NRHP-listed. An archaeological site which is the only known
327:, near Carrollton, Georgia, NRHP-listed. Address-restricted archeological site, 1493:, near Cataract, Wisconsin, NRHP-listed. Address-restricted archeological site. 1101: 527: 510: 433: 236: 151: 1722: 1699: 1530: 1484: 1140: 1063: 969: 968:, a fossil quarry whose fossils supported the first definitive description of 274: 1673:""California Granite Quarries - List and Location of Individual Quarries" in 1217:, Pickens, South Carolina, NRHP-listed, one of four quarry sites used in the 1534: 1526: 1500: 1231:, Pickens, South Carolina, NRHP-listed, another one of the four quarry sites 1185: 890: 805:, also known as "pipestone", used by Plains Indians to make ceremonial pipes 802: 773:
for construction, and since World War I a leading international producer of
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Limestone was first mined here in 1912 and continues through the present.
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flow in Utah used by prehistoric peoples as a source of raw materials.
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of California reported on 52 granite quarrying areas in 17 counties.
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Franklin, Maine, granite quarries, in one of which the NRHP-listed
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of the Mountain Quarries Company of San Francisco, a subsidiary of
1451: 1202: 1038: 760: 709: 708:, Mears, Michigan, NRHP-listed, "the only known source of Lambrix 650: 299: 472:. Town was laid out by Le Grand Quarry Company in 1868. Nearby 1483:, in Lake Superior, near La Pointe, WI, NRHP-listed. Source of 1055: 629:, Whiteford, Maryland, NRHP-listed, active from 1700 to 1000 B.C 1416:, near Luray, Virginia, NRHP-listed, an archaeological site in 588:
in Washington, D.C. and many other purposes in the eastern U.S.
128:, near confluence of the North Fork and the Middle Fork of the 1297: 759:, Grand Meadow, Minnesota, NRHP-listed. Site of pre-historic 1388:, Stafford, Virginia, NRHP-listed, "the principal source of 273:, Portland, Connecticut, NRHP-listed, source of much of the 63:
Quarries in the United States, former and current, include:
677:, producer of granite from 1826 to 1963, including for the 424:
began in 1936. Leased storage began in 1986. Used by the
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Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry No. 1 and Truck Trail
1398:, company founded in 1915 as Betts Quarry and based in 1371:. Graniteville is home of its owner, the 1885-founded 1309: 985:, known as "The Granite City", and site of NRHP-listed 391:, just south of Chicago, Illinois. One of the largest 311:, St. Augustine Beach, Florida, NRHP-listed, source of 302:
Miami SCL Aggregates Quarry, Miami, Florida, source of
911:. It began as the Commonwealth Quarry in early 1900s. 1167:, center of the Pennsylvania slate quarrying industry 889:, Clinton, New Jersey, NRHP-listed, complex of three 1180:, Johnston, Rhode Island, NRHP-listed, "a source of 1090:, NRHP-listed, whose quarry supplied stone for the 1554:in the United States territory of American Samoa" 987:North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex 1558:Tataga-Matau Fortified Quarry Complex (AS-34-10) 1225:structures and facilities between 1935 and 1941. 1072:, an archeological site with artifacts from the 1209:Allendale Chert Quarries Archeological District 449:, Anamosa, Iowa, NRHP-listed, includes a quarry 247:, discovered in 1873, source of marble for the 1779:"Sheboygan Valley Land and Lime Company Kilns" 1650:"About Marble and Granite Quarries in America" 1487:for buildings in Chicago, IL and Milwaukee, WI 1135:Quarries of the Hummelstown Brownstone Company 598:Iron Hill Cut Jasper Quarry Archeological Site 226:. Its granite was used in construction of the 1721:Nelson, Charles W.; Susan Zeik (1976-11-02). 647:Massachusetts Hornfels-Braintree Slate Quarry 452:T.J. Gipple's stone quarry, near NRHP-listed 8: 1781:. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012 1628:, many of which were near limestone quarries 1151:, NRHP-listed archaeological site used as a 1644: 1642: 1537:, built in 1911 and abandoned in the 1920s. 1137:, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, NRHP-listed 619:, Seneca, Maryland, NRHP-listed, source of 604:Magothy Quartzite Quarry Archeological Site 592:Heath Farm Jasper Quarry Archeological Site 277:used in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia 1129:Carbaugh Run Rhyolite Quarry Site (36AD30) 757:Grand Meadow Quarry Archeological District 563:, a customized wagon for stone, was found. 287:New England Cement Company Kiln and Quarry 1711:Downloadable from MACRIS (click on "NR")] 1280:Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument 947:, first site of large-scale quarrying of 200:North Chuckwalla Mountain Quarry District 1229:Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry No. 2 1018:https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/RW0001.pdf 1006:https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/RW0927.pdf 476:, in Marshalltown, Iowa, is NRHP-listed. 39:, or other resources besides cut stone. 1638: 1626:List of lime kilns in the United States 1406:. The company is the only producer of 1033:, North Dakota, NRHP-listed and a U.S. 1749: 1738: 1269:, Friendsville, Tennessee, NRHP-listed 1267:John J. Craig Quarry Historic District 1248:Flint Hill Aboriginal Quartzite Quarry 1060:McDonald Township, Hardin County, Ohio 787:, Kerrick, Minnesota, NRHP-listed. A 289:, Woodbridge, Connecticut, NRHP-listed 1481:Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry 1437:, Ridgefield, Washington, NRHP-listed 1250:, Edgemont, South Dakota, NRHP-listed 1211:, Martin, South Carolina, NRHP-listed 1084:, located in what is now a gravel pit 1082:Miami Township, Hamilton County, Ohio 809:Kettle River Sandstone Company Quarry 556:, near Chisuncook, Maine, NRHP-listed 104:. Opened in 1883 as Eureka Stone Co. 7: 1435:Basalt Cobblestone Quarries District 863:, Square Butte, Montana, NRHP-listed 751:Clark and McCormack Quarry and House 447:State Quarry, Iowa Men's Reformatory 267:, Branford, Connecticut, NRHP-listed 55:in Massachusetts to the modern day. 22:National Register of Historic Places 1671:Peggie P. Perazzo; George Perazzo. 1235:Nesbitt's Limestone Quarry (38CK69) 811:, Sandstone, Minnesota, NRHP-listed 606:, Pasadena, Maryland, NRHP-listed, 378:, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, NRHP-listed 168:, Rocklin, California, NRHP-listed 1491:Walczak-Wontor Quarry Pit Workshop 1386:Public Quarry at Government Island 1000:is named, and source of stone for 991:North Carolina Granite Corporation 931:Dutchess Quarry and Supply Company 836:Crescent Quarry Archeological Site 797:, in southwestern Minnesota, near 657:used for chipped and ground tools. 462:, North Liberty, Iowa, NRHP-listed 51:from the 1826 construction of the 14: 1469:in 2021 took place at this quarry 1443:, Tenino, Washington, NRHP-listed 1325:, Utah, a dinosaur quarry, whose 838:, Crescent, Missouri, NRHP-listed 785:Louis Hultgren House and Sand Pit 468:, site of limestone quarrying in 222:, an abandoned granite quarry in 196:, Penryn, California, NRHP-listed 1333:Wildhorse Canyon Obsidian Quarry 1118:, for which it is the type site. 876:, Nehawka, Nebraska, NRHP-listed 857:, Anaconda, Montana, NRHP-listed 821:, moved in 1920, to the town of 265:Norcross Brothers Granite Quarry 172:quarry with historic structures. 87:, Malvern, Arkansas, NRHP-listed 1263:, Dover, Tennessee, NRHP-listed 887:M.C. Mulligan & Sons Quarry 767:Jasper Stone Company and Quarry 600:, Elkton, Maryland, NRHP-listed 594:, Elkton, Maryland, NRHP-listed 497:Quarry Creek Archeological Site 456:(1893), Columbus Junction, Iowa 160:Environmental Protection Agency 126:Pacific Portland Cement Company 1475:Barron County Pipestone Quarry 998:Granite Quarry, North Carolina 842:Beaumont-Tyson Quarry District 627:Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries 610:and sandstone quarries of the 180:Santa Clara County, California 1: 1806:Quarries in the United States 996:The granite quarry for which 348:and for association with the 329:NRHP-listed in Carroll County 1288:, Uvalde, Texas, NRHP-listed 1282:, Fritch, Texas, NRHP-listed 738:Carmeuse Calcite Operations. 271:Portland Brownstone Quarries 251:and for the exterior of the 208:Riverside County, California 148:Riverside County, California 1441:Tenino Stone Company Quarry 1408:Shenandoah Valley Bluestone 1159:Thomas Marble Quarry Houses 1149:Centre County, Pennsylvania 1088:McDonald Farm (Xenia, Ohio) 1058:and archaeological site in 795:Pipestone National Monument 671:Quincy Quarries Reservation 561:Robertson Quarry Galamander 365:, Hilo, Hawaii, NRHP-listed 91:Ozark Southern Stone quarry 1822: 1323:Dinosaur National Monument 1155:stone quarry in prehistory 1035:National Historic Landmark 983:Mount Airy, North Carolina 933:, which actively produces 861:West Quincy Granite Quarry 728:Calcite Limestone Quarry, 428:for storage of 10,000,000 426:U.S. Department of Defense 166:California Granite Company 16:This is a list of notable 1675:Stone Quarries and Beyond 1016:, also NRHP-listed. See 922:Dutchess Quarry Cave Site 641:Fall River, Massachusetts 554:Piscataquis County, Maine 224:Gunnison County, Colorado 1418:Shenandoah National Park 1373:Rock of Ages Corporation 1304:Davis Wetzel Rock Quarry 1199:Red Bluff Flint Quarries 1165:Slatington, Pennsylvania 909:Union County, New Jersey 801:, site of quarrying for 689:Fletcher Granite Company 309:Spanish Coquina Quarries 142:a former rock quarry in 134:Mountain Quarries Bridge 71:Cochise Marble Company, 1728:. National Park Service 1583:Rota Latte Stone Quarry 855:California Creek Quarry 239:quarrying, in the West 190:quarry and cement plant 116:Placerville, California 1748:Cite journal requires 1560:, near the village of 1470: 1400:Harrisonburg, Virginia 1292:Champion Stone Company 874:Nehawka Flint Quarries 823:Cold Spring, Minnesota 661:W.N. Flynt Granite Co. 639:Fall River quarrying, 580:known specifically as 454:Gipple's Quarry Bridge 422:room and pillar mining 376:Harvey Mountain Quarry 228:Colorado State Capitol 140:Stringfellow Acid Pits 120:Limestone quarry near 1548:Lau'agae Ridge Quarry 1455: 1390:Aquia Creek sandstone 1358:Graniteville, Vermont 1327:Quarry Visitor Center 1223:Table Rock State Park 1002:Granite Quarry School 730:Rogers City, Michigan 675:Quincy, Massachusetts 665:Monson, Massachusetts 470:Marshall County, Iowa 342:U.S. Capitol building 85:Lake Catherine Quarry 1261:Dover Flint Quarries 1116:Glacial Kame culture 819:Rockville, Minnesota 815:Coldspring (company) 799:Pipestone, Minnesota 724:Late Woodland period 679:Bunker Hill Monument 621:Seneca red sandstone 574:Beaver Dam, Maryland 550:Willard Brook Quarry 532:Louisville, Kentucky 501:Kansas City Hopewell 363:Mauna Kea Adz Quarry 340:and in steps to the 249:Tomb of the Unknowns 136:(1912), NRHP-listed. 59:Quarries in the U.S. 1414:Big Run Quarry Site 1337:Beaver County, Utah 1286:Uvalde Flint Quarry 1178:Ochee Spring Quarry 1112:Hardin County, Ohio 1092:Washington Monument 1066:ending in the 1970s 1062:, was a commercial 1014:Michael Braun House 958:Walcott–Rust quarry 586:Washington Monument 582:Cockeysville Marble 401:Chicago Deep Tunnel 281:Luman Andrews House 1525:, NRHP-listed. 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Smith Quarry 972:' soft appendages. 945:Westchester County 941:Tuckahoe, New York 905:Watchung Mountains 204:archeological site 122:Auburn, California 1593:on the island of 1404:Shenandoah Valley 1078:Great Miami River 1070:Dravo Gravel Site 1031:Lynch Quarry Site 993:and predecessors. 716:Pewangoing Quarry 706:Green Quarry Site 484:Anamosa Limestone 414:Marengo warehouse 176:Permanente Quarry 154:dump and later a 150:, which became a 1813: 1790: 1789: 1787: 1786: 1775: 1769: 1764: 1758: 1757: 1751: 1746: 1744: 1736: 1734: 1733: 1727: 1718: 1712: 1710: 1708: 1706: 1695: 1689: 1687: 1685: 1683: 1668: 1662: 1661: 1659: 1657: 1646: 1620:List of quarries 1599:Marianas Islands 1519:Rhine, Wisconsin 1497:Krukowski Quarry 1329:, is NRHP-listed 1306:, Lubbock, Texas 1221:construction of 966:Russia, New York 953:Inwood Formation 897:Houdaille Quarry 736:and operated as 578:dolomitic marble 480:Stone City, Iowa 460:Old State Quarry 418:Marengo, Indiana 352:revival in 1916. 253:Lincoln Memorial 233:Marble, Colorado 1821: 1820: 1816: 1815: 1814: 1812: 1811: 1810: 1796: 1795: 1794: 1793: 1784: 1782: 1777: 1776: 1772: 1765: 1761: 1747: 1737: 1731: 1729: 1725: 1720: 1719: 1715: 1704: 1702: 1697: 1696: 1692: 1681: 1679: 1670: 1669: 1665: 1655: 1653: 1648: 1647: 1640: 1635: 1616: 1579: 1544: 1523:Sheboygan River 1464: 1460: 1456:Rock quarry in 1450: 1431: 1382: 1350: 1319: 1312:, Jarrel, Texas 1276: 1257: 1244: 1195: 1174: 1125: 1048: 1027: 1004:, NRHP-listed, 979: 962:Herkimer County 949:Tuckahoe marble 935:dolomite gravel 918: 883: 870: 851: 832: 777:for industrial 775:silicon dioxide 771:Sioux Quartzite 747: 702: 683:Granite Railway 681:. 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Index

quarries
National Register of Historic Places
granite
aggregate
molding sand
mineralogist
Granite Railway
Bowie, Arizona
Lake Catherine Quarry
Ozark Southern Stone quarry
Arkansas
dolomite
limestone
Placerville, California
Auburn, California
Pacific Portland Cement Company
American River
Mountain Quarries Bridge
Stringfellow Acid Pits
Jurupa Valley
Riverside County, California
toxic waste
Superfund
Environmental Protection Agency
California Granite Company
granite
Permanente Quarry
Santa Clara County, California
limestone
aggregate

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