Wallerawang Quarry is a quartzite mine located in western area of Lithgow City LGA, adjacent to the Great Western Highway, 2.5km from Wallerawang township. The Quarry has NSW Government approval, DA-344-11-2001 which allows mining from an open cut operation.
Production of up to 500,000t/year of quarry products is approved until July 2040. Extraction of the quartzite is undertaken using conventional drill and blast, load and haul methods with vegetation cleared and soil stripped in advance for future reapplication to final landforms. The quartzite is crushed and screened in-pit with a wash plant also operated to produce sand.
Products are dispatched from the Wallerawang Quarry which has direct access to the Great Western Highway.
The Quarry weighbridge is four separate weighbridges at B double length and weighs each group of axles to ensure that legal weights are not exceeded.
The quarry supplies high grade thermal resistivity sand to the construction of wind farms and other electrical/solar installations.
Technical details: NATA test results are available for all material requiring conforming certification forms or Australian Standards.
