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Sandford Nearpass Quarry

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021744
MRDS ID DE01134
Record type Site
Current site name Sandford Nearpass Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.7032, 41.33611 (WGS84)
Elevation 171

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Jervis South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Mongaup-Brodhead(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR LIME.

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 Bossardville Formation;Manlius Formation
    Rock description Bossardville Formation;Manlius Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Silurian
    Chronological age 410

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.7032, 41.33611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N50E
    Dip 17 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELLER'S FOSSIL LOCALITY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1900

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Information Not Listed In Tax Records.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED. A L ONG EXCAVATED AREA FORMING A CLIFF SIDE OF MEDIUM TO DARK GRAY, FINE-GRAINED, BEDDED LIMESTONE STILL EXISTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON, NJ.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987-MK.

  • Deposit

    WELLER, S., 1902. REPORT ON PALEONTOLOGY, VOL. III, THE PALEOZOIC FAUNAS FROMGEOL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAMINATED LIMESTONE WITH IRON-STAINED, CALCITE-COATED JOINT SURFACES ALONG PLANES OF N53W/66SW AND N13E/VERTICAL.

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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