Panther Hill Granite Co.

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021698
MRDS ID DE01079
Record type Site
Current site name Panther Hill Granite Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.74126, 40.96 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanhope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hornblende Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Hornblende Granite
    Rock description Hornblende Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.74126, 40.96

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERED
    Strike N48E
    Dip 71 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Wilcock Route
    Home office 183 Stanhope, Nj. 07874

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V.,

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MEDUM GRAINED, WELL FOLIATED PYROXENE GRANITE AND HORNBLENDE GRANITE WITH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.