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Branchville Quarry

Past Producer in Sussex 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. 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 10021711
MRDS ID DE01097
Record type Site
Current site name Branchville Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.73542, 41.15139 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Branchville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Slate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Martinsburg Formation
    Rock description Martinsburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.73542, 41.15139
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOSSIL GRAPTOLITES REPLACED BY PYRITE ARE PRESENT. DEPOSIT IS A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE TRENTON LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1902

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard H. And Lesley A. Harris
    Home office P.O. Box 400 Branchville, Nj. 07826

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLER, 1902, IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1902.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SLATE.

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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