List of quarries in North Rhine-Westphalia
The list of quarries in North Rhine-Westphalia focuses on active and former, above-ground and underground quarries for the extraction of basalt , granite , greywacke , limestone , marble , sandstone , slate , black slate and similar rock. They often represent important biotopes and geotopes even after they have been abandoned .
list
This list does not claim to be complete.
Bochum
- Klosterbusch colliery quarry
- Brick factory of the Friederika colliery, today the Geological Garden in Bochum
Dortmund
Hagen
Mülheim an der Ruhr
Ratingen
- Blauer See and Graues Loch, formerly Ratinger Kalkwerke
Wuppertal
- Schickenberg mine
- Quarry in the Kothener Busch
- Eskesberg Pit
- Hanielsfeld mine
- Hahnenfurth mine
- Osterholz pit
- Vossbeck mine
Borken district
- Hollekamp quarry , Ahaus
Ennepe-Ruhr district
- Zuckerberg quarry , Ennepetal
- Isenberg quarry , Hattingen
- Grandi quarry , Herdecke - still active
- Weuste quarry , Sprockhövel
- Quarry at Boelberg , Wetter
- Külpmann quarry , Wetter (Ruhr)
- Imberg quarry , Witten
- Rauen quarry , Witten
- Dünkelberg quarry , Witten
Gütersloh district
- Dieckmann quarry , Halle
- Gödeker quarry , Halle
Hochsauerlandkreis
- Henke quarry , Brilon
- Mühlenbein quarry , Brilon
- Quarry at Bilstein , Brilon
- Burhagen quarry , Brilon
- Ziegeleigrube Am Knippenberg
- Frettholz Quarry , Brilon
- Quarry Am Kirchloh , Brilon
- Rösenbeck Quarry (SKI) , Brilon
- Lahrmann quarry, Brilon
- Stemmel Quarry , Brilon
- Düstertal quarry , Brilon
- Burgberg quarry , Brilon
- Padberg quarry , Brilon
- Brasshausen plant, Brilon
- Hessenkamp quarry , Brilon
- Schneidewind Quarry , Brilon
- Hespecke quarry , Lennestadt
- Bredelar quarry , Marsberg
- Bromberg quarry , Medebach
- Quarry on the Sonneborn , Winterberg
- Quarry at Hellenköpfchen , Winterberg
Märkischer Kreis
- Asbeck Quarry , Balve
- Hard limestone works Stricker-Weiken , Hemer
- Becke-Oese quarry , Hemer
- Helmke quarry , Iserlohn
- Weber quarry , Iserlohn
- Lasbeck quarry , Iserlohn
- Immelscheid quarry , Kierspe
- Arenritt quarry , Lüdenscheid
- Losenbach quarry , Lüdenscheid
- Loos brickworks mine , Plettenberg
Mettmann district
- Pit 7 , Haan
- Pit 10 , Haan
- Alaunloch , Langenberg
- Limestone quarry Rohdenhaus , Velbert
- Silberberg limestone quarry , Velbert
- Bochum break , Wuelfrath
- Schlupkothen quarry , Wülfrath
Minden-Lübbecke district
- Lübberberg quarry , Hille
- Schwarze Quarry , Lübbecke
- Lutternsche Egge quarries , Minden
- Blauer See , former pit of the Porta-Union Westfalica cement works, Porta Westfalica
- Linkenberg quarry , Preussisch Oldendorf
District of Olpe
- Biggen quarry , Attendorn
Rhein-Sieg district
- Basalt crater Blauer Stein , Windeck
Soest district
- Cramer quarry , Rüthen
- Quarry at the lime kiln , Warstein
- Drewer Provincial Quarry , Warstein
Steinfurt district
- Schwienheer quarry , Ibbenbüren
- Wicking 2 quarry , Lengerich
- Quarry Am Knullbusch , Lotte
- Weiner Esch quarry , Ochtrup
Warendorf district
- Anneliese quarry , Ennigerloh
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mineralienatlas: Quarries in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- ↑ Grandi quarries
- ↑ Weuste Quarry
- ^ Mineralienatlas: Steinbruch am Bilstein.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Klaus W. Malmsheimer, Hans Mensink, Rüdiger Stritzke: Rock diversity in the reef area around Brilon. In: Geology and Paleontology in Westphalia , year 18, April 1991
- ↑ "Walk - See - Understand - Taste". 2015
- ↑ Mineralienatlas: Quarry Am Hessenkamp.
- ↑ Bromberg quarry, Medebach
- ↑ Quarry at Hellenköpfchen
- ^ Mineral Atlas: Becke-Oese Quarry.
- ↑ Loos brickworks
- ↑ Cramer quarry east of Kallenhardt. In: Fortschr. Geol. Rheinld. and Westphalia, October 1989, page 267 ff.
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