— Discover Empire Quarry in Bloomington, Indiana: A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

Indiana Limestone, which is a Mississippian-age grainstone of very uniform texture and grade, has gained world-wide acceptance as a premier dimension stone.

 — "The Indiana Oölitic limestone district extends from a point near Greencastle on the north, to the Ohio River, and ranges from two to 14 miles in width. The deposits are from 25 to 100 feet thick.

 — The Indiana Limestone Heritage District, located in Bedford, Indiana, is one of the more prominent sites in Indiana with regards to its rich limestone related history. Spanning over 600 acres, the Indiana Limestone Heritage District is home to around 20 limestone quarries.

 — The most famous of Indiana's quarries is the Empire Quarry, which provided nearly 19,000 tons of limestone used in constructing the Empire State Building. This quarry – which is no longer...

Indiana limestone was the ideal rebuilding solution, flame-resistant and up to the country's first building codes, says Todd Schnatzmeyer, executive director of the Indiana Limestone...

History of Indiana Limestone. Even prior to Indiana's admission to the Union in 1816, a light-colored, fine-grained native stone had been used by pioneer settlers for cabin foundations, door sills, milling burrs, and memorials.

Indiana is a major producer of construction sand and gravel, crushed stone (limestone), dimension stone, and portland cement. It produces ball clay, common clay, gemstones, gypsum, industrial sand and gravel, lime, masonry cement, and peat.

Indiana Limestone is comprised of a countless amount of carbonate shell debris from Mississippian-period organisms. Limestone erodes more quickly than other types of stone; this has led to Southern Indiana's characteristically hilly uplands.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Resources Data System catalogs information about mineral resources around the United States and the world. Using the map tool, users can zoom in to obtain reports and data on past and present mines, mine prospects, and processing plants.