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Sigafoos & Poole Quarry

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082489
MRDS ID W055239
Record type Site
Current site name Sigafoos & Poole Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.18961, 40.59779 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position QUARRY LOCATED ALONG PENN CENTRAL RR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riegelsville(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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STONE WAS CRUSHED FOR ROAD METAL BUT HAS OLD 3 BAY KILN ON SITE

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) -75.18961, 40.59779
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E 50 W
    Dip 45 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRYPTOZOANS HAVE BEEN FOUND AT QUARRY IN LAYERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1915

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Riegel; Operated In 1915 By Sigafoos And Poole
  • Type Owner
    Owner Conrail

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1915, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MUCH OVERTURNING OF LIMESTONE

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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