page_title: Quarry
hierarchical_section_title: Quarry
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph taken by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster). [1]
context_page_description: A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries are regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environmental impacts.
  The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.
context_section_description: A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries are regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their environmental impacts. 
  The word quarry can also include the underground quarrying for stone, such as Bath stone.
caption: Portland stone quarry on the Isle of Portland, England
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