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 Bedford County Bedford County is located in the southern part of Pennsylvania. It is right below Huntingdon County. One rock type in Bedford County is shale. The formations for this include Hamilton Group shale, Marcellus shale, and Reedsville shale. The other rock type is limestone. The formations for this are four Coburn-Loysburg __limestone__, and one Keyser-Tonoloway limestone.

Non-Fuel Resources of Bedford County In Bedford County, there are eight quarries which mine __shale__ and limestone. The __shale__ quarries are being used for borrow and general fill while the limestone quarries are being used for carbonate and SO2 absorption, coal-mine rock dust, two for construction aggregate , and another one for high-calcium __limestone__. The __shale__ quarries aren’t actually quarries, they are considered open pits. For more information about these quarries go to Directory of Nonfuel-Mineral Producers In Pennsylvania by clicking on this link: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/mineral/mininstr.aspx   



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Construction Aggregate Construction aggregate, or simply __aggregate__, is a broad category of coarse particles made up of sand, gravel, crushed stone, and recycled concrete. Aggregate serves as a reinforcement to add strength to composite material. It comes in many different shapes and sizes. They are widely used in many kinds of drains and used as base materials for roads and railroads. There is also construction __aggregate__ for concrete. There are about 30 places in Pennsylvania that contain construction aggregate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:10mm-aggregate.jpg



= = = = Fuel Resources In the top right corner of Bedford County, there is just a little low-volatile bituminous coal. Bituminous coal is a soft coal containing a tar-like substance called bitumen. It is a higher quality then lignite coal but lower quality then anthracite coal.

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