Heisenbuttles Quarry

Past Producer in Bergen county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021887
MRDS ID DE01527
Record type Site
Current site name Heisenbuttles Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.00096, 40.835 (WGS84)
Elevation 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bergen(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weehawken(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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 Bergen

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Diabase

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sandstone Interbedded By Shales 1 To 3 Feet In Thickness

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 12NW
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1897
Year of last production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Witness Church

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V., 1909, BUILDING STONES OF NEW JERSEY, IN KUMMEL, H.B. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1897, IN NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES AT NJGS IN TRENTON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.