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Wing 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106370
MRDS ID W055069
Record type Site
Current site name Wing Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.9396, 40.66111 (WGS84)
Elevation 94

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

  • ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES OF SPRUCE RUN RESERVOIR NOW ON SITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone 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 Beekmantown Formation
    Rock description Beekmantown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.9396, 40.66111
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE SHOWED CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENTIAL WEATHERING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey
    Home office New Jersey

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY BOULDERS REMAIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TWITCHELL, W.W. 1914, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE LIMESTONE

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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