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Ciscos Quarry

Past Producer in Passaic county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021850
MRDS ID DE01476
Record type Site
Current site name Ciscos Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.39125, 41.1 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newfoundland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(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 Passaic

Comments on the location information

  • ABANDONED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.39125, 41.1
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N41E
    Dip 51NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT BETWEEN LEITHSVILLE AND HARDYSTON FORMATIONS AND HARDYSTON AND PRECAMBRIAN ROCK MAY BE SEEN HERE.

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John B. Green
    Home office 627 Wooley Rd. West Milford, Nj. 07480

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES OF THE NJGS ON FILE AT TRENTON, NJ.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1868. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR OF 1868.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1884. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1884.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLUE MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE. QUARTZITE IN BETWEEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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