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Mulligans Quarry

Past Producer in Hunterdon county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone
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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 10106368
MRDS ID W055060
Record type Site
Current site name Mulligans Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.91377, 40.63611 (WGS84)
Elevation 73

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Bridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(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 :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR AGRICULTURAL LIME, LIME, ROAD METAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kittatinny;Ontelaunee
    Rock description Kittatinny;Ontelaunee

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.91377, 40.63611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 40 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • RADIOACTIVE IN BLACK SILICEOUS BANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1954

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. C. Mulligan And Son
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clinton Historical Society
    Home office Clinton Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY FACE WAS 75 TO 80 FEET HIGH

Comments on development

  • STOPPED PRODUCING LIME IN 1926 WHEN IT BECAME TOO COSTLY FOR FARMERS TO USE, COMPANY SWITCHED TO CRUSHED STONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E. 1928, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

Reporter information

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

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