Mineral Planning Factsheet: Silica Sand

A series of factsheets produced by the British Geological Survey, in conjunction with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on industrial minerals in the UK is available. Specifically, a factsheet on silica sand is available from: www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/whatsnew.html - These factsheets provide an overview of the mineral silica sand and form part of a series on economically important industrial minerals (excluding aggregates) that are extracted in England.