List of quarries explained

This is a list of notable quarries, worldwide.

In Australia:

• Bombo Headland Quarry Geological Site
• Boogardie quarry
• Boya, Western Australia
• Cronulla sand dunes
• Moorooduc Quarry Flora and Fauna Reserve
• Mount Gibraltar Trachyte Quarries Complex
• Portland Cement Works Precinct
• Prospect Hill (New South Wales)
• Seaham Quarry
• Statham's Quarry

In Canada:

• Butchart Gardens
• Connolly's quarry
• Don Valley Brick Works
• French Fort Cove
• Hammerstone Project
• Mary's Point
• Miron Quarry
• Queenston
• Walcott Quarry

In Germany:

• Cotta Sandstone
• Elbe Sandstone
• Grillenburg Sandstone
• Hohburg Hills
• Klunst
• Königshain Hills
• Kriemhildenstuhl
• Mühlsteinbrüche
• Posta Sandstone
• Reinhardtsdorf Sandstone
• Waldenecksee
• Wunsiedel Marble

In Italy:

• Carrara, source of white marble including the block from which Michelangelo's David was carved

In Kosovo:

• Çikatovë e Vjeter
• Korroticë e Epërme

In Russia

• Ruskeala

In the United Kingdom

• See

In the United States:

See main article: List of quarries in the United States.

See also

• List of lime kilns, many being near limestone quarries