Thesaurus Term/Concept: GANISTER QUARRY

Identifier -95
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Candidate
Index? Yes
Scope Note A quarry for the extraction of ganister (a hard fine-grained quartz-arenite (sandstone) cemented with silica) used in the manufacture of silica bricks (commonly used to line furnaces).

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Context Record
Monument Type MCH25714 Copper Hill Works (Monument)
Monument Type MCH25716 Ganister Quarry off Mow Lane (Monument)