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Vulcanite Portland Cement Co

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082303
MRDS ID W055023
Record type Site
Current site name Vulcanite Portland Cement Co

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.14794, 40.66111 (WGS84)
Elevation 85

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
Cement Rock Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN 1903 PRODUCED 1,460,000 BARRELS OF CEMENT

Analytical data

Result SIO2 21.08%
Result CAO 63.68%
Result AL2O3 7.86%
Result FE2O3 2.48%
Result MGO 2.62%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jacksonburg (Trenton)
    Rock description Jacksonburg (Trenton)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
    Chronological age 360

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.14794, 40.66111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 20-40 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1894
Year of last production 1941

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vulcanite Paving Co. Philadelphia, Pa
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pohatcong Assoc.
    Home office P. O. Box 474, Cliffside Park, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 101.175HA

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE QUARRY NOW WATER FILLED AND USED AS A LANDFILL

Comments on development

  • OWNED 205 ACRES IN 1900 EXPANDED TO 250 ACRES IN 1903, IN 1900 WAS PRODUCING 2000 BARRELS PER DAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1901, REPORT ON PORTLAND CEMENT INDUSTRY; ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1900, PP 18; 42-43

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, S.H. 1904, THE CEMENT INDUSTRY; ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1903; PP 115-116.

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1900, 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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