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Twinning & Large Quarry

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082302
MRDS ID W055022
Record type Site
Current site name Twinning & Large Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.18794, 40.63084 (WGS84)
Elevation 73

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easton(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 :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General 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 Allentown Formation
    Rock description Allentown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.18794, 40.63084
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGE & SMALL BOULDERS NOW WITH LITTLE BEDROCK EXPOSED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1914

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Twinning And Large
  • Type Owner
    Owner Redd, James
    Home office Rd1 Box 260c, Phillipsburg, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • FACE 80 TO 100 FEET HIGH

Comments on development

  • LIME WAS STILL BEING BURNED AT SITE IN 1914

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TWITCHELL, M.W., 1914, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

Reporter information

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

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