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Mitchell's Quarry

Past Producer in Hunterdon 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021869
MRDS ID DE01502
Record type Site
Current site name Mitchell's Quarry
Related records 10082418, 10102181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.99956, 40.00002 (WGS84)
Elevation 123

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ocean(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Branch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New York(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

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) -73.99956, 40.00002
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1881
Year of last production 1939

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James P. Mitchell
  • Type Owner
    Owner Iwan Kolesnik
    Home office Rd 1 Box 103, Lambertville, Nj.
    First year 1985

Comments on development

  • OPERATED IN 1881 BY JMS. H. MURPHY, STONE USED FOR MONUMENTAL PURPOSES AND HOUSE TRIMMING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E., 1938, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS TRENTON.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1881, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST 1881.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE LOOSE BLOCKS ARE FOUND ON SURFADE NOT IN SOLID LEDGES.

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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