limestone quarries
Sedimentite extraction sites
Limestone quarries are excavation sites where limestone—a sedite rock used in construction, cement, and agriculture—is extracted from the earth.
The term typically refers to open-pit operations where stone is cut or blasted from exposed rock faces: The old limestone quarries have filled with water and become swimming holes.
Quarrying leaves distinctive terraced landscapes.
- blastingExplosive material removal
- pitFruit's hard seed
- open pitSurface-level excavation site
- heavy machineryLarge powered industrial apparatus
- calcium carbonateMineral in shells and marble
blast site · quarryman · block · fossils · fossil hunting · travertine · sedimentary rock · deforestation · land reclamation · aggregate · stratigraphy · marl · benching · safety helmets · dolomite · dust · dust clouds · aquifer
limestone quarriesvirgin forest
Forest never harvested
wilderness · nature preserves · old-growth forests · national parks · primeval forests