List of usable rocks in Lower Austria
The list of usable rocks in Lower Austria lists solid rocks and quarries in Lower Austria that are or have been mined as building blocks or decorative stones. It does not cover loose rock (gravel, sand) or rock that is mined for further processing (smelting, breaking, grinding, burning).
Surname | rock | Age | Dismantling | status | place | local community | district | state | Remarks |
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Windpassing quarry | Sandstone (rich in quartz) | Carpathian | Landfill | Windpassing | Digging | Hollabrunn | Lower Austria | ||
Quarry house churches | Cerithienkalk, oolite | Sarmatium | shut down | House churches | House churches | Gänserndorf | Lower Austria | ||
Götzendorf quarry | Sandstone | Pannonium | shut down | Götzendorf | Velm-Götzendorf | Gänserndorf | Lower Austria | ||
Wolfsthal quarry | Cerithienkalk, oolite | Sarmatium | shut down | Wolfsthal | Wolfsthal | Bruck an der Leitha | Lower Austria | ||
Bad Deutsch Altenburg quarry | Algae rubble lime, breccia | Badenium | shut down | Bad German Altenburg | Hainburg | Bruck an der Leitha | Lower Austria | ||
Edelstal quarry | Sandstone | Pannonium | shut down | Edelelstal | Prellenkirchen | Bruck an der Leitha | Lower Austria | ||
Lindabrunn quarry | Conglomerate , coarse sandstone | Badenium | in operation | Lindabrunn | Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn | to bathe | Lower Austria | ||
Rauchstallbrunngraben quarry | Algae rubble lime | Badenium | shut down | to bathe | to bathe | to bathe | Lower Austria | ||
Wollersdorf quarry | Algae rubble lime | Badenium | shut down | Woellersdorf | Wöllersdorf-Steinabrückl | Wiener Neustadt-Land | Lower Austria | ||
Bad Fischau quarry | conglomerate | Badenium | shut down | Bad Fischau | Bad Fischau-Brunn | Wiener Neustadt-Land | Lower Austria | ||
Quarry Sommerein | Algae rubble with quartz pebbles, algae foraminifera lime sandstone | Pannonium | shut down | Summer | Summer | Bruck an der Leitha | Lower Austria | ||
Rohrbach quarry | conglomerate | Pannonium | in operation | Rohrbach | Ternitz | Neunkirchen | Lower Austria |