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Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries and Nature Preserve is a Native American flint quarry located in Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Brownsville at the intersection of Brownsville Road and Flint Ridge Road. Old quarry pits are visible, and a museum is located on the site.
Jasper Stone Company and Quarry, Jasper, Minnesota, NRHP-listed. Quarry established c. 1890, an early regional source of Sioux Quartzite for construction, and since World War I a leading international producer of silicon dioxide for industrial abrasives. [4] Louis Hultgren House and Sand Pit, Kerrick, Minnesota, NRHP-listed. A molding sand quarry.
Berea Sandstone is up to 72 meters (236 ft) thick in Lorain County, Ohio, [7] and up to 79 meters (259 ft) thick in Huron County, Michigan. [4] The sandstone was named "Berea Grit" by Ohio geologist J. S. Newberry in 1874. He named it after Berea, Ohio, for its extensive quarries of the stone. [8]
In 1985, the Kaufmans sold the 2,000-acre (8.1 km 2) quarry to investors who filled in and developed the quarry for residential use, including Marble Cliff Commons [6] [2] [3] apartments and Marble Cliff Crossing, a 100 single-family and 60 double-family subdivision built between 1998 and 2003. [7]
In 1849, each of the United States was asked to supply a block of stone for the construction of the Washington Monument.Because McDonald's quarry was known as one of Ohio's best sources of limestone, state geologists decided to supply a block of McDonald stone, and a Xenia mason produced a block measuring 6 × 3 × 0.75 feet (1.83 × 0.91 × 0.23 m) to be sent to Washington, D.C., [5] where it ...
M. C. Mulligan & Sons Quarry; Magothy Quartzite Quarry Archeological Site; Marengo warehouse; Massachusetts Hornfels-Braintree Slate Quarry; Mauna Kea Ice Age Reserve; McDonald Farm (Xenia, Ohio) Mega Cavern
Farming has historically been the most significant employer in Columbia Township and the surrounding townships, but in the second half of the 19th century, sandstone from the local quarries was mined and widely distributed. [6] [7] Two of the township's quarries were Jaquay Quarry and an area which later became known as Wildwood Lake. Both ...
The park opened on November 30, 2021, as Central Ohio's 20th metro park. Portions of the park remained under construction, although 200 acres opened, including a 25-foot waterfall, trails, boardwalks, and a zipline. [1] The park still borders active portions of the Marble Cliff Quarry; other portions were sold for housing and mixed-use ...