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Sandstone quarries, Unteralpfen, Albbruck, Waldshut, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
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Type:Sandstone
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Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sandstone data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sandstone quarries, Unteralpfen, Albbruck, Waldshut, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1085538
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1085538:4
GUID (UUID V4):6f1cdd85-2fae-40cf-a6f9-35f6076faf3c
Nearest other occurrences of Sandstone
79.5km (49.4 miles) Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
92.6km (57.5 miles) Ostermundigen quarry, Ostermundigen, Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland
97.5km (60.6 miles) Gurten quarry, Köniz, Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland
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2018 Cretaceous building sandstones in northern Germany ANGELA EHLING Federal Institute for Geosciences...Resources (BGR), Wilhelmstr. 25-30, 13593 Berlin, Germany angela.ehling@bgr.de Abstract: Cretaceous sandstones...sandstones occur mainly in the north and NE of Germany. Some of them have been quarried for more than a thousand...Sandstones and the Bentheimer Sandstone in Lower Saxony and the Baumberger Sandstone in North Rhein-Westfalia...large number of historical buildings in Germany are made of sandstone and are in need of protection and preservation
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-(a) Topographic Reconnaissance Map of York Tin Region, Seward Pen. Scale, 1:250,000. Contour inter.,...(b) Geologic Sketch Map of the Seward Pen. Tin Region. Scale, I6 miles to an inch. Black and white. Illustrate...Illustrate Bull. 353, "Geology of the Taylorsville Region, Cal." By J. S. Diller. KENTUCKY,OHIOAND WEST VIRGINIA...with the geological and economic features of the region which is noted for its deposits of coal and fire...deposits and of the coal mines, iron furnaces, sandstone quarries, etc. ANDRHODEISLAND.-Two black maps: (a)
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lyellcollection.org/ by guest on September 21, 2018 Seneca sandstone: a heritage stone from the USA CAROL A. GRISSOM1*...grissomc@si.edu Abstract: Seneca sandstone is a fine-grained arkosic sandstone of dark-red coloration used...in Washington, DC. Several inactive Seneca sandstone quarries are located along the Potomac River 34 km...Washington near Poolesville, Maryland. Seneca sandstone is from part of the Poolesville Member of the...parallel to the river made major use of Seneca sandstone in its construction and then facilitated the stone’s
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from Aberdeenshire and sandstone (Arbroath stone) from the Carmyllie quarries in Angus. In the foreground...foreground Carboniferous sandstone of the West Lothian Oil-Shale Formation, which has produced some of the...The Highlands and Islands Midland Valley 23 Sandstone 24 24 Flagstone 33 Limestone and marble 34...Annex 1: Annex 11: Case st udies of Edinburgh sandstone Atlas and properties of selected Scottish bui...Borders and Southern Uplands 5.2 Building stone quarries 22 15 50 Stone index 72 71 66 Preface
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as a convenient name for these rocks [the red sandstone extending from New Jersey to Virginia], and to...E........... Geol. of N. Y., part rv, p. 429. sandstone. Mather, AV.W........ 1843 1843 Measures. 1843...T1 Lyell, C .............. New red Keuper. sandstone or Redfield, W. C ....... Marcou, J ..........1890 1891 Connecticut, or Connecticut River sandstone. Hitchcock, C. H. ...... Am. Geol., vol. v, pp...Atlas sheets No. 1, N. E., and No. 1, S. E. 6 The region occupied by tho Acadian area is shown in part,
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Consultative Committee Mineral Dossier No 17 Sandstone Compiled by P M Harris, MA, Ml MM Mineral Resources...Gold No 15 Mica N o l6 Po t a sh No 17 Sandstone 11 Preface The Mineral Resources Consultative...production of sandstone 1895-1974 12 Fig 3 Location of important sandstone quarries with outline geology...north Devon and southern Scotland. Traditionally, sandstone was used for building stone and pavements but...concrete aggregate is produced from pre­ Devonian sandstone throughout the country and from pre-Permian sand­
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Geological Society, London, Special Publications Berea sandstone: A heritage stone of international significance...of Western Ontario on November 15, 2019 Berea sandstone: A heritage stone of international significance...org M A N U SC RI PT Abstract: Berea sandstone, a potential Global Heritage Stone Resource, has...used sandstones in North America. This Paleozoic sandstone, quarried for more than 200 years in Ohio, has...and other structures have been built with Berea sandstone, including Thomas Worthington’s mansion in Chillicothe
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across south-central Indiana. Limestone from this region makes up many buildings and other structures throughout...Detailed roadlogs of selected highways in each region show the geology they cross.The road routes run...permission to visit. Others exist only in history. Quarries, mines, and caves must never be entered without...Period 320 Great swamp forests. Coal, shale, sandstone, and clay laid down in repeated cycles. Mississippian...Period 360 Seas covered Indiana. Lime¬ stone, sandstone, shale, and gypsum deposited. Blastoids and crinoids
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Dimension Sandstone Resources of Indiana BULLETIN 42-M SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE GEOLOGICAL...with sandstones quarried in 18 70. Dimension Sandstone Resources of Indiana By DONALD D. CARR and CRAIG...Formations 21 Devonian sandstones (Pendleton Sandstone Bed) 24 Production 25 Literature cited 26 Illustrations...distribution of rocks used for dimension sandstone and locations of sandstone samples collected for physical testing...Operations at the Indiana Sandstone Co. quarry 16 Operations at the Indiana Sandstone Co. mill 17 10 Split-face
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The Runcorn quarries and the footprint finds of the 1840s Geoffrey Tresise TRESISE, G. 1994. The Runcorn...Runcorn quarries and the footprints finds ofthe 1840s. Proceedings ofthe Geologists' Association, 105, 125-140...125-140. The Runcorn quarries were cited in the geological literature both in the 1840s, when the footprints... however, problems are posed by the number of quarries in the area and the frequency with which they...information on the history of the quarries. The earliest finds from these quarries, hitherto unrecorded in the
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. — T H E JAMES BENNIE, REDEMPTION OF SANDSTONE QUARRIES. OF T H E GEOLOGICAL S U R V E Y OF BY...was attracted to the shale heaps in limestone quarries as giving the most congenial opportunities for...years, I there­ fore haunted all the shale-bearing quarries within au easy walk or railway ride from Glasgow...on April 16, 2015 BENNIE—REDEMPTION OF SANDSTONE QUARRIES. 299 undreamed-of fossils in the old shale...some even b y n a m e a n d n a t u r e , all tbe quarries which contained shale which could be washed, were
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Joger Editors Paleontological Collections of Germany, Austria and Switzerland The History of Life of...Collection Philipps-University Marburg Marburg, Hessen, Germany Hans-Dieter Sues Department of Paleobiology National...Joger Editors Paleontological Collections of Germany, Austria and Switzerland The History of Life of...Hessen Germany Ulrich Joger Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig Niedersachsen Germany ISSN...Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig, Germany This Springer imprint is published by the registered
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the outcrop. Inspection of limestone and sandstone quarries will afford an insight into the economic...which include shale, siltstone, and fine-grained sandstone, commonly display abrupt lateral and vertical...formations are heterogeneous and the single term sandstone is not descriptive of, for example, the Sample...formation is here used in place of Mooretown sandstone (pl. 3). Cor-relation of the Mooretown with the...longer exists, and the formation is not dominantly sandstone and is not completely exposed at the type section
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I II III IV V Introduction Limestone Marble Sandstone Granite Industrial Mineral Report No. 14, paper-bound...erected in 1863 with local grey and purple Potsdam sandstone ..............*..*.................*.*.* Kingston...Queenston Quarries . ..... Gang-sawing mill blocks of Queenston limestone at Queenston Quarries ..........faced random ashlar using Medina (Credit Valley) sandstone; Sigmund Samuel Library, University of Toronto...faced mitred ashlar using Medina (Credit Valley) sandstone .............................................
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almost exclusively from sedimentary rocks, mainly sandstone; sedimentary rocks also predominate in architectural...green or grey sandstone; (2) a feldspatho-lithic arenite, also called a green or grey sandstone, or sometimes...quartz arenite, often referred to as a pink or red sandstone (Delvert 1963). This classification, although...used by the Khmers, particularly in the Angkor region, and it is still widely used as a reference in...since the early 1990s (Carò and Im 2012). This sandstone is consistent with the upper portion of the Lower–Middle
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........................ 3 Ancient Egyptian quarries—an illustrated overview James A. Harrell and Per..................................... 7 Gypsum quarries in the northern Faiyum quarry landscape, Egypt:......... 77 Granite quarry survey in the Aswan region, Egypt: shedding new light on ancient quarrying...Whatever else happened to the ancient Egyptian quarries? An essay on their destiny in modern times Per...stone procurement remains unequalled. Yet, stone quarries are often forgotten as key archaeological sites
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609-618 Anthropogenic origin of salt crusts on sandstone sculptures of Prague’s Charles Bridge (Czech Republic):...sculptures in the past. The sculptural stone – quartz sandstone derived from Cretaceous sedimentary cover of the...the 17th century, it has been adorned with 30 sandstone sculptures. The copies gradually replaced the...atmosphere. Anthropogenic origin of salt crusts on sandstone The studied sculptures (Fig. 1) were carved during...sulphides. The most probable location of source quarries is considered to be in the Mšené-lázně area (about
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movements of the region have taken place since the laying-down of the Berea sandstone, both formations...about two miles in width. A great deal of the sandstone in the syncline itself has been erodedaway, exposingthe...is plunging toward the east. LENSES OF BEREA SANDSTONE IN THE HORIZON OF THE BEDFORD SHALE The Bedford...655 656 WILBUR GREELEYBURROUGHS Berea sandstone quarries at South Amherst, or Chance Creek on the...covered by a mass of Berea sandstone talus. This debris came from a lens of sandstone in situ at the top of
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is cut from the sides of mountains or from deep quarries. It is strong and durable and takes a high polish...America found pure copper in the Lake Superior ✓ region, which they hammered into tools and ornaments....form of wires and crystals. In the Lake Superior region of the United States it is found ,vith masses of...the early history of civilization. SANDSTONE Before sandstone became a rock it was just an ocean sandbank...grains and the cement determine the color of sandstone. Where sand grains were mixed \vith gray, green
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—Notes on the Fossil Plants found in the Old Red Sandstone of Shetland, Orkney, Caithness, Sutherland, and...20th December 1877.) The flora of the Old Eed Sandstone has lately been examined in various parts of the...of 1861, that the plants found in the Old Eed Sandstone rocks of Scotland were Fucoids. Up to this time...2015 NOTES ON FOSSIL PLANTS FOUND IN OLD RED SANDSTONE. 149 enough in them to add to my surprise, and...would have done for the plants of the Old Red Sandstone of the British Islands what Principal Dawson has
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identified through the application of various types of sandstone of Miocene age, from those of Lower Miocene found...Jelšah and Rogaška Slatina. The inactive quarries in this region reveal traces of stonemasonry, while the...southeast Slovenia gravely threatened, the abandoned quarries identified represent potential sites for obtaining...Strtenica. The quarries of Miocene sandstone A number of inactive quarries of Miocene sandstone can be found...objects that were made of the sandstone originating in these inactive quarries were typically made by anonymous
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................................ 5 Whirlpool Sandstone ..................................................................... 5 Cabot Head Shale and Sandstone .......................................... 6 Clinton..................... 10 iii PAGE Whirlpool Sandstone ............................................................................ 11 Credit Valley Quarries (15) ......................................................................... 13 Structural Sandstone Quarry (25) .................................
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Winner 2000 trophy. Also from the margins of our region, Sean McMahon from Huntingdon shared the first...that can bring to life the geology of our home region. Especially welcome would be a member's photograph...University campus to look at the Nottingham Castle Sandstone sequence. In July, Albert Horton and Keith Ambrose... In September, Dave Elford led a visit to the quarries in Scunthorpe Ironstone. In October, Alan Dawn...Dawn led a day excursion round three quarries in the Lincolnshire Limestone between Wansford and Duddington
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outcrop of the Oil-Shale Group in the Lothi an Region and Fife. The product s of local diagenesis are...Oil-Shale Group in the Lothian Region. They are more abundant in this region than in any othe r in the United...(1978). Marin e and estu arine rocks (Calciferous Sandstone Measures) were deposited in parts of East Fife...Cool Limestone :::l 0 TnT a:: Cl ILl Marl Sandstone ..J « J: (/l .... u V "-J'-' Shell Bed ...the Lower Carboniferous sequence of the Lothian region, showing principal stratigraphic units (after Cameron
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Map of Washington, showing location ot Mines, Quarries, Ltmekilns, Clay and Cement Plants, and other.............................. Pocket GRANITE QUARRIES. GENERAL OCCURRENCES Oil' GRANITE. Granite occurs...the name of granite. QUARRY LOCALITIES. Granite quarries have been opened up at several localities where...transportation, and convenient to markets. Three quarries are in operation along the Great Northern Railway...from Everett to Seattle. The stone from the other quarries at Index and Baring is sold in Seattle and other
 
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