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Trimmers Quarry

Past Producer in Hunterdon county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106395
MRDS ID W055255
Record type Site
Current site name Trimmers Quarry
Alternate or previous names Middle Valley Trap Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.84599, 40.74833 (WGS84)
Elevation 213

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Califon(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, Crushed/Broken Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diabase Ore
Gneiss Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.84599, 40.74833
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARRY IS PREDOMENTLY GNEISS WITH A DIABASE DIKE. DIABASE (1985) IS FOUND AS LOOSE BLOCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1898
Year of last production 1908

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hunterdon County Park Commission

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY WALLS AVERAGE 30 FEET HIGH. RUINS OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE A STONE CRUSHER AT EAST ENTRANCE. PERMANENT NOTES MAP SHOWS RAILROAD LEADING EXPRESSLY TO QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V. 1909, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1908; PP 81-82

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., UNKNOWN DATE, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMANENT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • 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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