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Andover 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 10021706
MRDS ID DE01090
Record type Site
Current site name Andover Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.74903, 40.99917 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
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

  • NO SIGN OF ANY QUARRY AROUND THE MAP LOCATION. THE WHOLE AREA HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND IS FAIRLY FLAT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS ROAD METAL IN MAKING MACADAM ROAD NEARBY.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.74903, 40.99917
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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 1913

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hefter'S Andover Realty Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 86 Augusta, Nj. 07822

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED. COULDN'T FIND ANY SIGNS OF THE QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT THE NJGS, TRENTON, NJ.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE IS HARD AND DENSE AND CONTAINS NUMEROUS DARK PATHCES LIKE DAMOVRITE SLATE (?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-87 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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