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Aberdeen Quarry, an abandoned granite quarry in Gunnison County, Colorado. Its granite was used in construction of the Colorado State Capitol; Marble, Colorado, only site of Yule Marble quarrying, in the West Elk Mountains. 99.5% pure calcite, discovered in 1873, source of marble for the Tomb of the Unknowns and for the exterior of the Lincoln ...
The quarry was established by Griffith Griffith, a native of Wales, in 1864.The quarry produced high-quality granite used to construct many buildings in San Francisco and Sacramento, including parts of the California State Capitol. [3]
California Granite Company; Carbaugh Run Rhyolite Quarry Site; Centennial Beach; Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry No. 1 and Truck Trail; Civilian Conservation Corps Quarry No. 2; Clark and McCormack Quarry and House; Coldspring (company)
The San Rafael Rock Quarry, also commonly known as the McNear Quarry, is a 172 acres (70 ha) granite quarry located east of San Rafael, California.Stone from the quarry has been used in many places, such as for levee maintenance in Novato and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and road improvement in Larkspur and San Francisco.
The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz. ... Granite Bay, California; Hidden Valley, Placer County, California ... California; Mountain Quarries ...
Griffith Quarry was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and is also California Historical Landmark number 885. Penryn granite is noted for its beauty and strength. Mottled in more-or-less equally sized specks of black and white, it appears a medium-to-dark gray in color, at first glance, but takes on an almost bluish-gray ...
Groundwater fills the current quarry and is pumped into Permanente Creek. Selenium pollution in the creek downstream from the quarry ranged from 13 to 81 micrograms/liter (μg/L). A North Quarry water sample in January 2010 had a dissolved selenium concentration of 82 μg/L, indicating that the quarry is the source of the selenium pollution.
The name honors F. E. Knowles, owner of a local granite quarry. [2] Knowles was a thriving granite quarrying community in the early 1900s, with a hotel, saloons, and a railroad stop, but by 1963 the town was described as a "ghost community". [3] A granite quarry remains at the site today, although little else remains of the town.