Sand and Gravel

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Loose granular rock material, quarried in bulk from river terraces and glacial deposits and used as aggregate for concrete, mortar and construction fill — the ordinary sand of the building trade, as distinct from the pure silica sand worked for glass.

Mines

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Mine	Region	Worked
Borras Quarry	Wrexham	1970s–Still active
Hyndford Quarry	South Lanarkshire	1960s–Still active
Marford Quarry	Wrexham	1927–1971