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Spaubeek quarry, Spaubeek, Beek, Limburg, Netherlandsi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Spaubeek quarry | Quarry (Abandoned) |
| Spaubeek | Village |
| Beek | Municipality |
| Limburg | Province |
| Netherlands | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 55' 52'' North , 5° 50' 52'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Quarry (Abandoned) - last checked 2023
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Spaubeek | 3,360 (2017) | 1.0km |
| Sweikhuizen | 565 (2017) | 2.5km |
| Nuth | 4,585 (2017) | 3.1km |
| Neerbeek | 2,480 (2017) | 3.1km |
| Puth | 1,990 (2017) | 3.1km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vieille Montagne Heritage | Kelmis / La Calamine, Belgium | 27km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Houben quarry; Bruls quarry
The Groeve Spaubeek, Groeve Houben, or Groeve Bruls is a sand and gravel quarry and geological monument in Dutch South Limburg in the municipality of Beek. The quarry is located east of the village of Spaubeek and east of the Spaubekerbos slope forest in the northern part of the Central Plateau.
About 500 meters to the east is the Groeve Nagelbeek and about 200 meters to the northeast is the Diependaal forest area with the Geological Monument Diependaal. The Pieterpad long distance walking trail runs along the quarry.
The quarry floor is at an altitude of 90.8 meters above NAP and has an area of 25 hectares.
In 1965, the excavation of sand and gravel from the quarry began. The quarry was mined in four phases, starting in the southern part. After excavation, the area of the first phase was used as a dumping ground for clean soil, construction and demolition waste, and industrial waste and was subsequently covered with a new top layer.
In the 1980s, the area of the second phase (4 hectares), located directly northeast from the first phase, was used for the disposal of paper sludge that was residual waste from paper manufacturing. This layer of paper sludge is eight to thirty meters thick, has a hard top layer, but the underlying sludge has only limited carrying capacity.
In the 1990s, exploitation ended in the area of the third phase (north of the first phase and northwest of the second phase).
In 2006, the excavation permit expired, and the quarry was decommissioned.
In September 2014, a new permit was obtained to further excavate the quarry for a period of eight years.
The soil at the quarry consists of:
- a humus layer of approximately 30 centimeters,
- a layer of loess from the Schimmert Member with a thickness of approximately five meters,
- an approximately ten meter thick package of sand and gravel from the St. Geertruid that was deposited by the Westmaas in the Pleistocene,
- some sand layers deposited by the sea, dating from the Miocene. These sand layers are moderately coarse and are either white-gray in colour, from the Heksenberg Member, or yellow-green, from the Kakert Member.
Commodity List
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Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groeve_Spaubeek |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q72726561 |
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