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Limestone extraction at the Marblehead Quarry started in the late 1800s. The rocks are fossiliferous limestones of the Devonian-aged Columbus Limestone. Most of the crushed rock produced at this quarry goes into various construction projects.

Stratigraphy: Columbus Limestone, Eifelian Stage, lower Middle Devonian

Locality: Lafarge Marblehead Quarry, eastern Marblehead Peninsula, eastern Ottawa County, far-northern Ohio, USA (41° 31’ 54.43” North latitude, 82° 44’ 17.96” West longitude) (view from St. Joseph Cemetery)

See locality info. at: <a href="https://www.mindat.org/loc-54906.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.mindat.org/loc-54906.html</a> and

<a href="https://www.aggman.com/marblehead-quarry-great-lakes-construction-materials-needs/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aggman.com/marblehead-quarry-great-lakes-construction...</a>
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Author James St. John

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