| Deposit ID | 10021760 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01252 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Riverdale Quarry |
| Alternate or previous names | Samuel Braen, Inc.-Riverdale Division |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.31236, 40.99667 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 91 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Morris |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Granite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -74.31236, 40.99667 |
|---|
| General form | LAYERED |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1987 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Riverdale Quarry |
| Home office | Box 98 Parlin, Nj. 08859 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01252 |
LEWIS, J.V. 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NJ., IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.
NJ DEPT. OF LABOR, UNPUB., LIST OF MINING OPERATIONS PERMITTED WITH THE STATE: MINE SAFETY SECTION, DEPT. OF LABOR, STATE OF NJ TRENTON, SERIES.
PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT THE NJGS IN TRENTON, NJ.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GRANITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1987 | Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Intermittent since 02/24/2026 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2800001 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Riverdale Quarry |
| Current operator | Riverdale Quarry LLC |
| Current controller (parent) | Roger Mahan; Gary Mahan |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (427 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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