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Lipponcot Quarry

Past Producer in Hunterdon county in New Jersey, United States with commodity 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. 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 10082492
MRDS ID W055243
Record type Site
Current site name Lipponcot Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.17433, 40.59723 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position IN WOODS APPROX. 50 FT FROM ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(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 Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
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 Kittatinny
    Rock description Kittatinny

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.17433, 40.59723
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip 74 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRACES OF SHALE; OOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1914

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harold Lippincott, Po 112 Milford, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • HIGH QUARRY FACE APPROX. 50'

Comments on development

  • A KILN WAS LOCATED ALONG ROAD AT ENTRANCE TO QUARRY BUT WAS DISMANTLED IN 1935 AND USED FOR BUILDING STONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1914, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT 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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