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White Hall Quarry

Past Producer in Morris 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021759
MRDS ID DE01251
Record type Site
Current site name White Hall Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.31736, 40.91694 (WGS84)
Elevation 61

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pompton Plains(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 :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.31736, 40.91694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 10 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • BROWN-RED, THIN BEDDED (6-12") SANDSTONE WITH 3"-4" SHALEY LAYERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1895

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Plausha Park Water Co.
    Home office Two Bridges Road, Towaco, Nj.
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 7.62M

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUSLY OPERATED (1879) BY JOHN A. VREELAND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., THE NEWARK SYSTEM, IN SMOCK, J.C., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR 1897, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1895, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE IN TRENTON NJ.

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1895, TRIASSIC FIELD NOTES, BOOK III, P. 7, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK, 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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