Riverdale Quarry

Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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 10021760
MRDS ID DE01252
Record type Site
Current site name Riverdale Quarry
Alternate or previous names Samuel Braen, Inc.-Riverdale Division

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.31236, 40.99667 (WGS84)
Elevation 91

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 :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite
    Rock description Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.31236, 40.99667

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1987

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Riverdale Quarry
    Home office Box 98 Parlin, Nj. 08859

Comments on development

  • FORMERLY POMPTON CRUSHED STONE CO. COLFAX & STEELE QUARRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NJ DEPT. OF LABOR, UNPUB., LIST OF MINING OPERATIONS PERMITTED WITH THE STATE: MINE SAFETY SECTION, DEPT. OF LABOR, STATE OF NJ TRENTON, SERIES.

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT THE NJGS IN TRENTON, NJ.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 02/24/2026
MSHA mine ID2800001
Mine name (MSHA)Riverdale Quarry
Current operatorRiverdale Quarry LLC
Current controller (parent)Roger Mahan; Gary Mahan
Mine typeSurface (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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External references