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Alpheus Swayze Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082471
MRDS ID W055217
Record type Site
Current site name Alpheus Swayze Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.01932, 40.89472 (WGS84)
Elevation 158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portland(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

  • DIRECTLY BELOW POWER LINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLAGSTONE, MOSTLY USED FOR LOCAL USE BUT SOME WAS SHIPPED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Martinsburg
    Rock description Martinsburg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.01932, 40.89472
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 40 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRY IS ON THE NOSE OF A NE PITCHING ANTICLINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1947

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Swayze, Alpheus

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.081HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V. 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY, IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908; PG. 98

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES OF NJGS, 1947; AT NJGS, TRENTON, NJ

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN BEDDED SHALY SANDSTONE

Reporter information

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

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