A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).
To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
An excavation from which rock is obtained.
A site where limestone or sandstone was dug to be used on the canal. Often very close along the canal route.
an open pit from which clay or stone is dug
(Noun) A mine that is open to the sky, without underground tunnels
Site where stone, rock and construction materials are extracted. Open-pit operation.
An open surface working, from which virgin rock is extracted.
A place where humans obtained stone or ochre for artefact manufacture
A place were mining goes on. There are fossils in the rock sometimes that the miners throw away. It's a good place to look.
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"
a large man-made hole in the ground from where minerals or rock are extracted
an open-pit mine for natural stone
an open surface excavation of minerals or construction materials
a type of open mine form which building materials such as stone and sand are taken
a place where stones are cut or dug for building Go back
The location of a mining operation where a natural deposit of rock is extracted from the earth as stone through an open pit or an underground mine.
It is a mine from where minerals or ore is blasted out of the side of a mountain or hill.
A type of shallow open-pit mine, although ‘quarry' is commonly used to refer to any kind of open-pit mine.
a place where stone or gravel has been, or is being extracted.
Place where stone or slate was excavated
the location of an operation where a natural deposit of stone is removed from the ground.
An open cut mine in rock.
a large pit dug to obtain a mineral from the ground. Rocks and ore are quarried.
Where rock is cut from the surface of the land.
An open excavation at the earth's surface for the purpose of extracting usable stone.
an open, surface excavation for the extraction of stone.
An open pit or excavation from which stone is taken by cutting, digging or blasting.
An open excavation for removing building stone, slate, or limestone; a rock pit.
An open excavation, usually for obtaining building stone, slate, or limestone.
A surface mine usually for the extraction of construction stone.
Place where building stone, marble, slate, limestone, etc. is evacuated by blasting. Alternately, the act of excavating from a quarry.
an excavation where usable stone is extracted from the ground.
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone. Quarries are usually shallower than other types of open-pit mines.