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**jimbomaxf** · 05-21-2009, 12:24 AM

Yes, but we are talking about a different state, and a different type of flat. That quarry is clearly a hard stone quarry (e.g. granite) due to its appearance in the film. Sorry, I'm no geologist, but you are extremely unlikely to get anything other than sedimentary rock at the very best on the generally flat and friable terrains that Iowa is best known for. Certainly not in the manner the film portrays.

Where's Oerdin when you need him?

Iowa is next to Illinois.

Here's some info about Iowa's geology.

http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/minerals/minerals.htm

If there's anything to complain about here, it's not that there's a quarry in Iowa, since the state certainly has the resources. It's that the Enterprise was originally built in San Francisco, not Iowa. That's what is inconsistent about the new movie and the old series.

05-21-2009, 12:24 AM	#11
jimbomaxf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 421 Senior Member	Yes, but we are talking about a different state, and a different type of flat. That quarry is clearly a hard stone quarry (e.g. granite) due to its appearance in the film. Sorry, I'm no geologist, but you are extremely unlikely to get anything other than sedimentary rock at the very best on the generally flat and friable terrains that Iowa is best known for. Certainly not in the manner the film portrays. Where's Oerdin when you need him? Iowa is next to Illinois. Here's some info about Iowa's geology. http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/minerals/minerals.htm If there's anything to complain about here, it's not that there's a quarry in Iowa, since the state certainly has the resources. It's that the Enterprise was originally built in San Francisco, not Iowa. That's what is inconsistent about the new movie and the old series.
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