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Cranberry 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 10021703
MRDS ID DE01086
Record type Site
Current site name Cranberry Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.73265, 40.9475 (WGS84)
Elevation 235

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, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result 19.90% SIO2, 68.01% CACO3, 2.68%, MGCO3, 6.84% FE2O3 AND A12O3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.73265, 40.9475
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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 Subco, Inc.
    Home office 311 East 71st St., Apt. 7a New York, Ny. 10021

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS OF INTRUSIVE ROCK, NOT OF VERY GOOD QUALITY.

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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