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Chile Bar Slate company quarry, off of highway CA193 next to the American River near Placerville, California; Limestone quarry near Auburn, California of the Mountain Quarries Company of San Francisco, a subsidiary of Pacific Portland Cement Company, near confluence of the North Fork and the Middle Fork of the American River.
Challenger Mine – gold mine near Coober Pedy, South Australia; Hunter Valley Operations – metallurgic and thermal coal mine near Singleton, New South Wales; McArthur River Mine – zinc, lead and silver mine southwest of Borroloola, Northern Territory; Prominent Hill mine – copper mine near Coober Pedy, South Australia
Slate mines are found around the world. 90% of Europe's natural slate used for roofing originates from the Slate Industry in Spain. [1] The major slate mining region in the United Kingdom is the Lake district, with Honister slate mine being the last working slate mine, the only producers of the world famous Westmorland greenslate.
The quarry was located while searching for prehistoric sites near a golf course construction project to the north of the Blue Hills Reservation. [2] The stone found at the quarry is not basaltic in origin, but a heavily metamorphized sedimentary slate known as hornfels, that has a significant amount of silica. This stone had the property of ...
The world's biggest consumer of slate is France, followed by the UK, USA and Germany. In 2012, Spain produced more than 580,000 tonnes (570,000 long tons; 640,000 short tons) of slate worth about $380 million. This made it the largest slate producer in the world, followed by China and Brazil. [3]
Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful ore or rocks are found near the surface where the overburden is relatively thin. In contrast, deeper mineral deposits can be reached using underground mining. [2] Kittilä Gold Mine in Kittilä, Finland is the largest primary gold producer in Europe. [3] [4]