Name
Benders Limestone Quarry
Aliases
Newlands Quarry
Parent Deposit
N/A
Type
Mine or Prospect
Operational Status
Abandoned
Status Date
Unknown
Main Commodity Type
Industrial Minerals/Gemstones
Description
Quarry west of Lune River
Locality
Lune River
Deposit Size
Very large: greater than 10 000 000 t
Host Rock Ages
Ordovician
Mineralisation Ages
Ordovician
Uses
Agricultural lime
Form
Stratiform
Rock Type
carbonate sediments and carbonate sedimentary rock
limestone
limestone
Commodities
Limestone
Gangue
Exploration
Geochemical surveys
Drilling
Drilling