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Geology and Occurrence of Black Sandstone and Black Shale Dimension Stones, Korea  

Park Deok Won (Groundwater & Geothermal Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Hong Sei Sun (Geological & Environmental Hazards Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Kim Chul Joo (Minerals and Materials Processing Division Korea Institute of Geosciene and Mineral Resources)
Lee Choon Oh (Geological & Environmental Hazards Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Lee Byeong Tae (Groundwater & Geothermal Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Yun Hyun Soo (Geological & Environmental Hazards Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.37, no.6, 2004 , pp. 585-601 More about this Journal
Abstract
A general study of domestic black sandstone and black shale quarries has not been made. For this reason it is difficult to know how the matter really stands. The objectives of this study are to achieve systematical and scientific study of the distribution, occurrences and rock quality of black sandstone and black shale resources exploited in existing quarries in the Boryeong area. The black sandstone bed survey was made from 54 mine claims on 4 sheets. In the area, 140 black sandstone and 22 black shale quarries were ascertained in 37 mine claims. The general development information data from that existing quarries were collected and synthesized. Among these black sandstone quarries for gravestones, monuments and black shale quarries for inkstone are in operation. Most of the black sandstone quarries were closed throughout the Gaewhari, Suburi, Seongjuri district in the investigated area even though these quarries had played a prominent part in the production of black sandstone. In view of commercial dimension stones, raw materials from black sandstone are classified as corestone and fresh rock body according to the characteristics of their occurrences and shape. Black sandstone beds are characteristically well-jointed and are particularly subdivided into cubic or quadrangular blocks in 3 joint sets. The colors of these black sandstones show medium dark $gray\~grayish$ black judging from the Rock Color Chart. The black sandstone beds which are intercalated in the Amisan, Jogeri, Baegunsa, Seongjuri Formations of the Daedong Supergroup are about $1\~10\;m$ in thickness.
Keywords
black sandstone; black shale; dimension stones; corestone; Daedong Supergroup;
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