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Smalley's Quarry

Past Producer in Somerset 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021873
MRDS ID DE01507
Record type Site
Current site name Smalley's Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.44736, 40.62917 (WGS84)
Elevation 82

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somerset(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chatham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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 Somerset

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) Feltville Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N68E
    Dip 10NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • FANNING COLUMANAR TRAP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1929
Year of last production 1945

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner N. B. Smalley Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thermionic Products Co.
    Home office North Plainfield, Nj.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.214HA
    Overall length 99.06M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHEST POINT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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