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Wolfskop Quarry

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Wolfskop Quarry

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Wolfskop Quarry

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Location: Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands

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Marco

July 14, 2019

The Wolfskop is a small but very rich nature reserve with beautiful views.
The Wolfskop is a geological monument, this is due to the presence of a particularly thick layer of flint and two types of marl, namely the white Gulpens crayon and the yellow Maastricht chalk. These are clearly visible from the Wolfskopweg. Marl and flint are visible because there used to be a quarry here. This quarry was probably used before 1860. There is a bench where you can view the area.

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April 24, 2025

The Blankenberg quarry, also known as the Wolfskop quarry, is located in South Limburg not far from Cadier en Keer. The extraction of the rock in this above-ground quarry ended in 1946. The quarry is particularly interesting because the boundary between the limestone of the Gulpen Formation and the Maastricht Formation can be seen and because it contains a special flint bank.

When we enter the quarry site, we see this special flint bank at the bottom of the rock face. It is part of the Lanaye Limestone (Gulpen Formation), which has a total of 23 flint banks. This bank, which is no less than 2½ metres thick, probably concerns the merging of flint banks 6 and 7 or even banks 6 to 9. In the past, the flint from this bank was extracted for building purposes.

The fairly white limestone above the flint bank also belongs to the Lanaye Limestone. This limestone forms the upper part of the Gulpen Formation. Above it begins the Maastricht Formation, with yellow limestone. The Valkenburg Limestone is exposed, which forms the lower part of the Maastricht Formation. The boundary between both formations is formed by the Lichtenberg Horizon. The package of limestone and flint is covered with loess from the Pleistocene.

Source and more: debelemniet.nl/itemgroeveblankenberg.html

And you can also climb up the stairs along the quarry to view everything and of course for the necessary views, where a bench stands next to a beautiful split but strong tree where, according to some traces, a cross or other object may once have hung.

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Im Do

December 17, 2023

Beautiful!! Especially now with the recently constructed stairs to the top, worth it for the view!!

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Location: Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands

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