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Blatts Quarry

Past Producer in Essex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021854
MRDS ID DE01482
Record type Site
Current site name Blatts Quarry
Alternate or previous names Gennaro Lepre Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.26764, 40.73444 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE ALMOST OPPOSITE CREST DRIVE ON THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roselle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sandy Hook-Staten Island(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 Essex

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(197?)

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) -74.26764, 40.73444
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1970

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gennaro Lepre
    First year 1929
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. R. D. C. South Orange Inc.
    Home office 545 5th Ave. New York, Ny.
    First year 1985

Comments on development

  • SOON TO BE MADE INTO CONDOMINIUMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1929, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS IN TRENTON.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK 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

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