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Henry Hilliards Quarry

Past Producer in Somerset 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10106387
MRDS ID W055213
Record type Site
Current site name Henry Hilliards Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.65598, 40.71333 (WGS84)
Elevation 88

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somerset(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gladstone(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 Somerset

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS FERTILIZER (KILNS ON PROPERTY) AND AS CEMENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Gneiss Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1900: CACO3 47% MGCO3 36.5% AL2O3. FE2O3 5.3% SIO2 8.0%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kittatinny Supergroup
    Rock description Kittatinny Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 440

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.65598, 40.71333
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault On South Side Of Quarry

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 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Casey, Ann
    Home office Tainter St., Peapack, Nj
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on the workings information

  • WALL APPROX. 40' HIGH LARGE 2 BAY KILN ALONG ROAD WEST OF QUARRY

Comments on development

  • CALLED PHILLIP TOD'S AROUND 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V. 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY, IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908; PG 109

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY; PP 406-407

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

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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