Kochs, Fa Quarry

Past Producer in Bergen county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  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 10021885
MRDS ID DE01524
Record type Site
Current site name Kochs, Fa Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.11929, 40.80583 (WGS84)
Elevation 27

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bergen(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 Bergen

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.11929, 40.80583

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 12NW
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCASIONAL GREEN COPPER STAINS AND GRAYISH BLEACHED STREAKS OCCUR IN THE BEDDING PLANES AND JOINTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1900

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Board Of Education
    Home office Lyndhurst, Nj.
    First year 1985

Comments on development

  • CURRENTLY A BASEBALL FIELD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V., 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY, IN KUMMEL, H.B., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED, 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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