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Sarepta Quarry

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082280
MRDS ID W044994
Record type Site
Current site name Sarepta Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.03543, 40.85306 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position OLD RAILROAD RUNS PAST QUARRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belvidere(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Beekmantown Formation; Jacksonburg
    Rock description Beekmantown;Jacksonburg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.03543, 40.85306
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 27 E
    Dip 17 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT EVIDENT ON NORTH WALL; BLACK CHERT OCCURS IN BEDS UP TO 6" WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1914

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Trap Rock Industries
    Home office Kingston, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2.024HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 WALLS OF QUARRY, ONE IS NOW A DUMP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E. 1955, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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