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Cook Quarry

Past Producer in Union 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 10021876
MRDS ID DE01511
Record type Site
Current site name Cook Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.39958, 40.65056 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position 0.2 MILES SOUTH OF SEELEYS POND ON EAST SIDE OF GREEN BROOK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(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 Union

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) -74.39958, 40.65056
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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 1897
Year of last production 1930

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union County Park Commission
    First year 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B. 1896 IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, TRENTON.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 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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