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Granton Quarry

Past Producer in Hudson 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 10021856
MRDS ID DE01485
Record type Site
Current site name Granton Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.02096, 40.80778 (WGS84)
Elevation 6

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hudson(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weehawken(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 Hudson

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Diabase
    Rock description Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.02096, 40.80778
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FINE GRAINED TRAP OVERLIES BAKED SHAE (HORNFELS). TRAP ALSO HAS MANY INCLUSIONS OF HORNFELS AND ARKOSE SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1897
Year of last production 1897

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. Rappaport, Damen Creations
    Home office 7601 River Road, North Bergen, Nj.
    First year 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B. ET AL, 1936, IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON.

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1897, THE NEWARK SYSTEM IN SMOCK J.C., THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1897.

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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