Nj & Philadelphia Traction Co.

Past Producer in Mercer 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021817
MRDS ID DE01430
Record type Site
Current site name Nj & Philadelphia Traction Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.72209, 40.31557 (WGS84)
Elevation 46

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mercer(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Princeton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trenton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Mercer

Comments on the location information

  • LEWIS NOTES "THE SMALL QUARRY ALONG THE LINE OF THE NJ AND PHILADELPHIS TRACTION COMPANY (JOHNSON TROLLEY) ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE. PRESENTLY SITE OF LARGE HOUSE, 1985. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WAS CRUSHED FOR RAILROAD BALLAST

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Lockatong
    Rock description Lockatong
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.72209, 40.31557

Economic information

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bradord Mills
    Home office 15 Vankirk Rd, Princeton, Nj.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V., 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY, IN KUMMEL, H.B., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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