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North Jersey Stone Company

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021752
MRDS ID DE01143
Record type Site
Current site name North Jersey Stone Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.6507, 40.89111 (WGS84)
Elevation 256

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(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)

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

  • ON RAILROAD TRACKS 1 MILE WEST OF MT. ARLINGTON STATION. QUARRY IS NOW ABANDONED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR DIMENSION STONE, PAVING BLOCKS AND CRUSHED ROCK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Hornblende Granite
    Rock description Hornblende Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.6507, 40.89111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N75E
    Dip 15 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY NOW ABANDONDED.

Comments on development

  • NOW ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V. 1909. BUILDING STONES OF N.J., IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FINE-GRAINED, GNEISSIC TEXTURE OF QUARTZ, ORTHOCLASE AND MICROPERTHITE WITH SOME DARK GREEN HORNBLENDE AND MAGNETITE AND TRACE APATITE.
Deposit JOINTS IN ROCK HAVE ALTITUDE OF N60E/70NW.

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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