Saint Joseph's Argillite Quarry

Past Producer in Middlesex 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 10021866
MRDS ID DE01498
Record type Site
Current site name Saint Joseph's Argillite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.62403, 40.35945 (WGS84)
Elevation 18

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hightstown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trenton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(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 Middlesex

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.62403, 40.35945

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THICK BEDDED SPLITS INTO SLABS 12-15" THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1896

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Saint Joseph'S Catholic School
    Home office Kingston, Nj.
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 7.62M

Comments on development

  • CURRENTLY USED BY THE SCHOOL AS A SHRINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1896 NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS TRENTON NJ

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

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