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Edison One

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Cement Rock, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082315
MRDS ID W055038
Record type Site
Current site name Edison One

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.07738, 40.71222 (WGS84)
Elevation 102

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloomsbury(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 :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cement Rock Primary
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 Jacksonburg Over Lying Kittatinny
    Rock description Jacksonburg Over Lying Kittatinny
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 440

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.07738, 40.71222
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Quarry Is Situated In A Compressed Syncline Of Cement Rock
Type of structure Local
Structure description Much Folding Which Caused Longitudinal Shortening Of Beds On North Wall

Ore body information

  • Dip AVG. 55 NW
    Depth to bottom 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • JACKSONBURG LIMESTONE WAS OVER 100 FEET IN THICKNESS LYING ON TOP OF KITTATINNY DOLOMITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer Edison Cement Co.
Year of first production 1913
Year of last production 1935

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Cordes
    Home office Rr1 Stewartsville, Nj

Comments on development

  • QUARRY OPENED AFTER FINDING AN EXPOSURE OF THE CEMENT ROCK WAS FOUND IN CREEK BED. IN 1934 BLASTING OPENED A VERY LARGE FLOW (4000 GPM) OF WATER INTO QUARRY CAUSING IT TO EVENTUALLY SHUT DOWN OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E. 1932, 1933, 1935, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY IS NOW COMPLETELY FILLED WITH WATER. OWNER CHARGES PEOPLE TO SWIM THERE IN SUMMER. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 2 UNPUB REPT

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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