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Twinning Quarry #1

Past Producer in Warren 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 10106362
MRDS ID W055020
Record type Site
Current site name Twinning Quarry #1
Alternate or previous names Cope Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.18683, 40.62779 (WGS84)
Elevation 61

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easton(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
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result SIO2 CONTENT 5%

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) -75.18683, 40.62779
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60-80 E
    Dip 60-80 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1914

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Twinning
  • Type Owner
    Owner Redd, James
    Home office Rd1 Box 260c, Phillipsburg, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CHAMBER KILN LOCATED AT ENTRANCE ALONG ROAD

Comments on development

  • WORKED BY COPE IN 1868; THOUSANDS OF BUSHELS OF LIME WERE SHIPPED DOWN THE BELVIDERE DELAWARE RAILROAD; HAD PLANNED TO REOPEN IN 1952 FOR FLUXSTONE FOR STEEL INDUSTRY BUT NOT RIGHT QUALITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GAULT, H.R., 1952, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE, 1868, PP 409-410

  • 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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