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French Lake Quarry

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Slate, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10082386
MRDS ID W055125
Record type Site
Current site name French Lake Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.89682, 40.96806 (WGS84)
Elevation 216
Relative position LOCATED NORTH OF RAILROAD TRACKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blairstown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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
Slate, Dimension Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SLATE SHEETS VISIBLE ALONG WITH SMALL PIECES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Martinsburg
    Rock description Martinsburg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.89682, 40.96806
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1960

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. L And W Railroad

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SLATE QUARRIED IN MAIN QUARRY AND IN SMALLER PITS EAST OF IT

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN HISTORY, RAILROAD CONSTRUCTED ABOUT 1890 LIKELY QUARRY OPENED AFTER THAT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

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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