Cornish China Clay Belt
United Kingdom /
England /
Roche /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Roche
World / United Kingdom / England
quarry, clay mine
Large deposits of Kaolinite used to make China type pottery. currently operating mines pump clay slurry to Par to be dried and exported.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Cornwall
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°22'19"N 4°50'5"W
- Foster Yeoman Merehead Quarry 192 km
- Hanson Aggregates Whatley Quarry 196 km
- Penrhyn Slate Quarry 316 km
- Purley Quarries 334 km
- Pitstone Cement Works Chalk and Marl Quarries 334 km
- Roadstone Quarry 345 km
- Bardon Hill Quarry 356 km
- Limestone Quarries 359 km
- Dove Holes Quarry 385 km
- Hanson Aggregates Shap Beck Quarry 488 km
- St. Dennis 3.6 km
- Trebal China Clay Refinery 5.1 km
- At Austell Golf Club 5.7 km
- Eden Project 6.6 km
- Porthpean Golf Club 7.1 km
- Pentewan Beach 10 km
- Parkendues Wood 10 km
- St. Austell Bay 10 km
- Pentewan Sands Holiday Park 10 km
- Cornwall 11 km