Industrial operations arose as early as the time after the Thirty Years' War, when chalk deposits within the municipal area were worked.

The Champagne region of France is mostly underlain by chalk deposits, which contain artificial caves used for wine storage.

The mine was planned in the area where "a burning stone" in the chalk deposits where found in 18th century.

The hard siliceous mineral had been torn loose from chalk deposits laid down during the cretaceous period.

He had gathered it from the river bank, where it had been washed down from chalk deposits upstream.

The chalk deposits contain numerous fossils of sea urchins, clams and belemnites.

The chalk tunnels came into being as a result of the exploitation of rich chalk deposits which lie under the surface of the city.

Flint is found amongst the pebbles on these beaches, and this is derived from chalk deposits only found underwater.

In south-east England, the chalk deposits were formed into an elongated dome, with the long axis in a roughly east-west direction.

The first chalk deposits contained sands and grits thought to have originated in Cornubia.