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L & H Quarry

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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 10021701
MRDS ID DE01084
Record type Site
Current site name L & H Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.7357, 40.99778 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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

  • 1500 FEET FROM DELAWSARE LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN AND L&H RAILROADS; COULD NOT RE-LOCATE FROM MAP LOCATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result LIMESTONE CONTAINS 88.15% COCO3, 9.40% SIO2, 0.80% FE2O3 AND ALWO3, AND 0.50% MGCO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kittatiny Formation
    Rock description Kittatiny Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.7357, 40.99778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Roger G. And Joan L. Fary
    Home office Rd 1, Box 184 Newton, Nj. 07860

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, HENRY B., 1905. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1905.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE

Reporter information

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

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