Aggregate Industries Haughmond Hill Quarry
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member markandlynn
N 52° 43.435 W 002° 40.744
30U E 521675 N 5841607
The most valuable rock quarried from Haughmond Hill by Aggregate Industries is a hard grey rock called Grey Wacke which is pronounced Grey Whacky. The stone is crushed on site and made into tarmac for roads.
Waymark Code: WM80FV
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/03/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Haughmond Hill Quarry, which
was acquired by Aggregate
Industries in 2000, provides a
valuable source of high-quality
stone for the West Midlands and Welsh
Borders region. It is one of just two West
Midlands quarries that can provide greywacke
with a polished stone value (PSV) of 65.This
meets the high-PSV requirements needed for
the production of high-performance, low-noise
asphalts, which are now the staple highway
surfacing materials for Highways Agency and
local authority roads.
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Type of Stone/Ore mined: greywacke

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