| Deposit ID | 10021726 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01115 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | New Jersey Calcite Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.5907, 41.10583 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 180 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sussex(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Franklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rondout(hydrologic unit)
Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Sussex |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Marble | Ore |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Franklin Marble | ||||||
| Rock description | Franklin Marble | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | Hardyston Quartzite |
|---|
| General form | LAYERED |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1903 |
| Year of last production | 1920 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Aerosystems Tech. Corp. |
| Home office | C/O Fletcher. 12 Cork Hill Rd. Franklin, Nj. 07416 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01115 |
PERMANENT NOTES OF THE NJGS ON FILE IN TRENTON, NJ.
KUMMEL, HENRY B. 1906. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1906.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EXCEEDINGLY COARSE-GRAINED, WELL CRYSTALLIZED MARBLE; SOME CRYSTALS OVER 2" IN SIZE. SCATTERING OF MICA GRAPHITE AND OTHER DARK MINERALS. |
| 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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