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William Nearpass Quarry

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021743
MRDS ID DE01133
Record type Site
Current site name William Nearpass Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.71348, 41.33222 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Jervis South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Mongaup-Brodhead(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

  • NOW THERE IS ONLY A GRADED FIELD WHERE THE OLD QUARRY USED TO BE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED AS LIME.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bossardville Limestone;Decker Ferry Limestone
    Rock description Bossardville Limestone;Decker Ferry Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Silurian
    Chronological age 410

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.71348, 41.33222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELL KNOWN FOSSIL LOCALITY.

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
Year of last production 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED AND GRADED OVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON, NJ.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WELLER, S., 1902. REPORT ON PALEONTOLOGY, VOL. III, THE PALEOZOIC FAUNAS, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLUE LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-87 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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