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Perrucci Bros

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Marble, 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 10106356
MRDS ID W044993
Record type Site
Current site name Perrucci Bros
Alternate or previous names Oxford Quarry, Edison Portland Cement Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.01571, 40.82139 (WGS84)
Elevation 165

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belvidere(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 :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Marble, Dimension Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR LIME, CEMENT; IN 1929 ABOUT 1000 TONS OF HIGH-GRADE LIMESTONE WAS SHIPPED PER DAY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Marble Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Serpentine Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.01571, 40.82139
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 52 E
    Depth to top 48.77M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN OCT. 1937 A SPECIMEN OF LEAD AND ZINC ORE (GALENA AND SPHALERITE) WAS FOUND WHICH WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN 10.2% ZN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1929
Year of last production 1937

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Perrucci Brothers
  • Type Owner
    Owner County Of Warren; Condemned Property To Be Auctioned
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8.094HA

Comments on the workings information

  • LIMESTONE WAS SHIPPED EACH DAY TO EDISONS PLANT IN NEW VILLAGE, N.J. (1929)

Comments on development

  • WAS LARGE QUARRY 20+ ACRES; NOW WATER FILLED WITH MANY OLD BUILDINGS STILL IN EXISTANCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E., 1937, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    W. CUMMINGS OF N.J. DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION (1982)

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE STRUCTURE OF THE LIMESTONE IS VERY COMPLICATED HAVING BEEN TERMENDOUSLY SQUEZZED AND FAULTED

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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