Decamp Quarry

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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 10021772
MRDS ID DE01265
Record type Site
Current site name Decamp Quarry
Alternate or previous names Clarence Decamp Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.43764, 40.91056 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF BOONTON, NEAR POWERVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boonton(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

  • NOW LOCATED IN TOURNE PARK. ABANDONED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Magnetite 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) -74.43764, 40.91056

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERED
    Strike N65E
    Dip 70SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1946

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Morris County Park Commission
    Home office 53 East Hanover Ave. Morristown, Nj. 07960

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED.

Comments on development

  • QUARRIED AREA SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR TO 1908 ON THE RESIDENCE OF JOHN CLAFLIN, FROM MORRISTOWN.

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

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

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FELDSPAR IS THE MAIN CONSTITUENT, WITH QUARTZ, HORNBLENDE AND MINOR MAGNETITE.

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.