Spottiswood and Company Quarry

Past Producer in Essex 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021852
MRDS ID DE01479
Record type Site
Current site name Spottiswood and Company Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.01624, 40.06668 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position SOUTH OF CABLE LAKE 0.05 MILES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ocean(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Point Pleasant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trenton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Essex

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt
    Rock description Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.01624, 40.06668

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1906

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Julia Levin
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • OVERGROWN; FENCED IN; QUARRY WALL 25 FEET HIGH, MAXIMUM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1897, IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS TRENTON NJ.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Master, Julian A. (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.