Extractive Stonyfell Quarry, SA

STONYFELL QUARRY Extractive Industry Field trip report. 1.stonyfell quarry started the early stages of open cut mining, or quarrying, in 1837. It mines sandstone quartzite rock, and has been most commonly used as aggregate on Adelaide suburban roads. In 1943, Greenhill quarry started its productions less than a kilometre away, creating competition between the two. Boral energy bought both operations in 1979, and joined them to create a more profitable source. Stonyfell quarry was an expensive mine to …

…save 500 tons of sediment from invading our waterways, though some is still found in Kensington, Stonyfell creeks, and the Torrens River. Sediment caught is mixed with soil or aggregate to sell. 3 contour drains have been installed on the revegetation slope to disperse water runoff and subsequently prevent future erosion. The future of Stonyfell quarry is diminishing as an extractive industry, but, but the regeneration programmes are making it a resourceful historical site and learning mechanism.