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Longwood Quarry

Past Producer in Morris 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. 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 10021750
MRDS ID DE01141
Record type Site
Current site name Longwood Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.54765, 40.97417 (WGS84)
Elevation 218

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

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 Decker Ferry Formation
    Rock description Decker Ferry Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Hardyston Quartzite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N47E
    Dip 81 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 1902

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner City Of Jersey City
    Home office Div. Of Water 575 N.J.S.H. Route 440 Jersey City, Nj 07305

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED.

Comments on development

  • ABANDONED BY 1902.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE WITH CORALS, BRACHIOPODS AND BRYOZOAN MOLDS.

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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