BALLAST QUARRYING IN NEW SOUTH WALES

This article describes the operation of the Shepherd's Hill quarry 350 miles west of Sydney. The Shepherd's Hill outcrop consists of a rhyolite-porphyry with phenocrusts of feldspar, quartz, chlorite, biotite and sphene. Details are given of face operations, including drilling and blasting, loading and transportation, the primary and secondary crushing plant, the power supply, and maintenance of plant.

• Corporate Authors:

  Quarry Managers Journal Limited

  62-64 Baker Street
  London W1M 2BN,   England 
• Authors:
  • Trahair, J W
• Publication Date: 1970-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 239-242
• Serial:
  • Quarry Managers' Journal
  • Volume: 54
  • Issue Number: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chlorites; Drilling; Feldspar; Maintenance; Mica; Presplitting; Quarries; Quartz; Track ballast
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ballast; Biotite
• Old TRIS Terms: Rhyolite
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081443
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 1975 12:00AM