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New Jersey Marble Company

Past Producer in Passaic county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021844
MRDS ID DE01468
Record type Site
Current site name New Jersey Marble Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.42291, 41.04167 (WGS84)
Elevation 354

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newfoundland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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 Passaic

Comments on the location information

  • ABANDONED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Conglomerate Ore
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.42291, 41.04167
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N50E
    Dip 69NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872
Year of last production 1872

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner City Of Newark, Mva
    Home office 1294 Mcbride Ave. Little Falls, Nj.07424

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPENINGS WEST SIDE OF RIDGE. LARGEST IS A 50 FOOT CUT INTO THE MOUNTAIN 25 FEET WIDE BY 18 FEET DEEP. LONG FLAT STONES UP TO 10 FEET LONG AND 3 FEET WIDE WERE EXCAVATED.

Comments on development

  • USED FOR CURBING, POSTS, ETC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1872. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1872.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE ROCK BROWNISH RED BECOMING LIGHTER WITH DEPTH. REGULAR SYSTEM OF JOINTS

Reporter information

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

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