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Lyman Kice Quarry

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  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 10082431
MRDS ID W055170
Record type Site
Current site name Lyman Kice Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.78515, 40.79222 (WGS84)
Elevation 250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hackettstown(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRAINERD HALL AT LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, EASTON, PA. AND OTHER RESIDENCES IN EASTON WERE BUILT OF THIS GRANITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIO2 68.60, AL2O3 14.72, FE2O3 4.29, NA2O 4.82, K2O 3.52 CAO 1.46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.78515, 40.79222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1920

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kice, Lyman
    First year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner Louis Esposito
    Home office P. O. Box 129, Long Valley, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.405HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SYSTEM OF JOINTING GAVE BED-LIKE LAYERS 3 TO 15 FEET THICK, WITH CROSS-JOINTS 1 TO 10 FEET APART, SO THAT LARGE BLOCKS WERE EASILY OBTAINED

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; PP 75-76

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

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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