New Jersey Shale Brick

Past Producer in Somerset county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10074107
MRDS ID W020325
Record type Site
Current site name New Jersey Shale Brick

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.6257, 40.5075 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somerset(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raritan(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.6257, 40.5075

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/09/2008
MSHA mine ID2800157
Mine name (MSHA)Jersey Shale-Quarry #1
Current operatorGlen-Gery Corporation
Current controller (parent)Brickworks Limited
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (222 m, 0.81 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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